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Honest And Concurrent Use Is Not A Defense Against Trademark Infringement
The case of KEI Industries Limited vs. Raman Kwatra & Anr., decided by the Delhi High Court on May 17, 2022, deals with a dispute over trademark infringement. KEI Industries, a well-establi...
Technical Drawings Could Qualify For Copyright Protection
The case of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited & Anr. vs. Bull Machines Pvt. Ltd., decided by the Delhi High Court on December 20, 2017, revolved around allegations of design and copyright inf...
Personal Surnames Cannot Be Used As A Justification For Misleading Branding
The case of K.G. Khosla Compressors Ltd. vs. Khosla Extrakting Ltd. & Ors., decided by the Delhi High Court on June 19, 1985, dealt with an important question of trademark and business name...
Even Partial Similarities In Trademarks Could Lead To Consumer Confusion
The case of Izuk Chemical Works vs. Babu Ram Dharam Prakash, decided by the Delhi High Court on May 11, 2007, is a landmark judgment concerning trademark infringement and passing off. The plain...
Can AI Be an Artist? Decoding the Legal Challenges of Machine-Made Creativity
By Zartab Ahmad
Did you know an AI generated art in 2018 was sold for nearly half a million dollar? Shocking, right? A piece of art which is not even created by a human hand but by an AI (a computer-generated ...
Dominant feature of Registered Trademark and Trademark infringement
Factual Background: Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiary, leading herbal health product manufacturers, filed a suit against Rajasthan Aushdhalaya Private Li...
Foreign Patent Grants Or Rejections Have Only A Persuasive Value
Fact of the Case: Milliken and Company, the appellant, challenged the refusal of their Indian patent application (no. 6093/DELNP/2013) for "Additive Compositions and Thermoplastic Polymer...
Statutory framework under Section 11(6) and 11(7) of the Trade Marks Act, 199...
The Indian Hotels Company Limited (plaintiff), part of the Tata Group and owner of the renowned TAJ brand, filed a suit against Gaurav Roy Bhatt & Anr. (defendants) for infringement of their...
The Test For Consumer Confusion Is Based On The Perspective Of A Customer Of ...
Parties Involved: Mannat Group of Hotels Private Limited and its managing director, Mr. Virender Singh Kadyan (plaintiffs) filed a suit seeking a permanent injunction against M/s Mannat Dhaba...
Trademark Infringement and anti dissection Rule
This case revolves around a trademark dispute between DS Drinks and Beverages Private Limited and Hector Beverages Private Limited concerning the use of the mark "SWING" for beverages...