Our Associate Partner, Ms. Shabnam Khan conducted a webinar for the students and faculty members of the Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India. The webinar covered topics such as trademarks, type of trademarks, their importance, and counterfeiting and its global impact on consumers. The webinar was very interactive, and the attendees put forward several interesting and…
Premier SPG opposed the registration of PREMIER LEAGUE in Class 25 based on its PREMIER marks and PREMIER-formative marks in the same class The court found that there was no deceptive similarity between the marks and that the only common element was theword ‘Premier’ Premier SPG clearly could not have a monopoly over the word…
This is an order passed by the Division Bench (Two Judge bench) of the Madras High Court in an appeal against the order of the Single Judge. The Plaintiff, TVS Electronics Limited, filed the suit against the Defendant, Jitender Kumar, alleging trademark infringement, passing off, etc., and to restrain the latter from using the mark…
This post summarizes an order passed by the Division Bench (Two Judge Bench) of the Madras High Court in an appeal against the order of the Single Judge granting an injunction in favour of Britannia Industries. The Plaintiff, Britannia Industries Limited (Britannia) filed the suit against the Defendant, ITC, before the Madras High Court alleging…
Facts of the case: The Design office has up until now taken the view that GUI is not capable of being registered as a Design for the following reasons: The graphic user interface, i.e., display screen for hand-held computing devices, is a function of a computer screen, which is an application based on a computer…
RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys has been adjudged as Tier 1 firm for Intellectual Property in the National Capital Region. Ranjan Narula, Managing Partner of RNA has been recognized as a ‘Leading Individual’.Rachna Bakhru, Partner has been acknowledged as a ‘Next Generation Partner. Ranjan Narula, Rachna Bakhru, Rahul Sethi, Abhishek Nangia have been recognized…
We are thrilled to share that our esteemed Partner, Abhishek Nangia, has been recognized as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by the Legal 500. His dedication and legal expertise has truly set him apart. Congratulations to Abhishek Nangia for this well-deserved accolade!
Facts of the case: Plaintiffs claim that they have formulated their own Fantasy Sport Mobile App which differs from the prevalent Fantasy Games Leagues. Plaintiffs’ Fantasy Sports Game is registered under the Copyright Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act 1957’) and being literary/dramatic work, the copyright work includes detailed working of the fantasy…
This is an order passed by the Bombay High Court in an appeal filed against the order of the District Judge-4, Pune. The word ‘ANNA’ is the bone of contention among two entities dealing in South Indian delicacies. The Plaintiff, Shantapa, filed the suit against the Defendant, Anna before the District Judge – 4, Pune,…
The court opined that this manner of dealing with a patent application was extremely arbitrary and whimsical and when the judgment was reserved on 29 September 2014, there was an obligation on the Hearing Officer to pass orders within a reasonable period. The time of four years that had been consumed was completely contrary to…
