In Makemytrip (India) Private Limited v Orbit Corporate Leisure Travels (I) Private Limited, a travel company, MakeMyTrip (India) Private Limited, sought to restrain use of the mark GETMYTRIP on the basis of its registered rights in the mark MAKEMYTRIP. At the time of admission of the suit, an ex parte interiminjunction was granted by the…
The Trademarks Registry has implemented various changes to enhance the trademark filing system in India. An efficient registration strategy should help rights holders to reap the benefits of these updates Until recently, the Indian Trademarks Registry often featured in the news for the wrong reasons, coming under fire for the slow progress of cases, loss…
RNA was invited by Indian Law Institute (ILI) to share their IP knowledge with post graduate students and faculty members at the workshop titled Intellectual Property: Procedure and Practice. Students from various law colleges as well as ILI attended the sessions and were curious to understand various facets of IP law. The workshop was a…
It was a great honour for the entire team at RNA to have been recognized by “TrustLaw” a Thomson Reuters Foundation for supporting a number of NGOs in protecting their Intellectual Property rights in India. At an event hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in New Delhi on 10th April, 2018, Rachna Bakhru, Suvarna Pandey…
The following note examines the Indian Patent office position on grant of Industrial Design protection to Graphical User Interfaces and analyses a recent decision by the office which indicates that, though, a separate class exists which recognizes protection of such designs, the office is reluctant to register them, taking the view the graphical user interface…
Who can file the Notice of Opposition? Under Indian law, ‘any person’ can file the notice of opposition. This includes individuals, companies, partnership firms and trusts. Two or more persons can be joined as opponents in the same notice of opposition provided the issues are the same. What is the time period for filing the…
