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M/S Arudra Engineers Private Limited v. M/S Patanjali Ayurveda Limited & Anr.; Order disposing Interim Application

ByAnkit Rastogi

M/S Arudra Engineers Private Limited v. M/S Patanjali Ayurveda Limited & Anr. Date of decison: 06.08.2020 Madras High Court For brief facts and history of litigation, you can refer our post on ex-parte order here. We are not repeating the same for sake of brevity. The present summary is of the order on the adjudication…

Gurnam Sigh v. G.I. Cosmetics
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Gurnam Sigh v. G.I. Cosmetics

ByAnkit Rastogi

2019 (77) PTC 222 (Del) Brief Facts: Plaintiff was using the mark ‘BLUE HEAVEN’ since 1972 for cosmetic products. Defendant started to use the mark ‘MISS HEAVEN’ in the year 2016 for identical goods. Plaintiff filed a suit for infringement of trade mark and passing off against the Defendant. Along with the suit, the Plaintiff…

REGISTRABILITY OF ‘GENERIC.COM’ MARKS – PART – II: THE DISSENTING OPINION IN USPTO V. BOOKING.COM
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REGISTRABILITY OF ‘GENERIC.COM’ MARKS – PART – II: THE DISSENTING OPINION IN USPTO V. BOOKING.COM

ByAnkit Rastogi

Recently, the Supreme Court of United States held that marks which are generic when combined with a top-level domain name may qualify as registrable marks provided the consumers do not consider them to be generic. The decision is in USPTO v. Booking.com B.V. By an 8: 1 majority the matter has been decided against USPTO….

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Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v. D. Sharma and Ors.

ByAnkit Rastogi

Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v. D. Sharma and Ors.  2019(77) PTC 411(Del) Plaintiff started using the mark “BOOKMYSHOW” in 2007 as a ticketing venture and had revenues of Rs. 150 Crores per year. Defendant was using “BOOKMYEVENT”. Plaintiff filed a suit against the Defendant for infringement and passing off in respect of its trade mark…

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Raja Pocket Books v. Radha Pocket Books

ByAnkit Rastogi

Raja Pocket Books v. Radha Pocket Books Before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi at New Delhi 1997 PTC (17) Decided on: 06.12.1996 Plaintiff filed a suit against the Defendant seeking declaration and permanent injunction restraining infringement of Copyright as well as Passing Off by use of the name and character ‘NAGESH’ which was deceptively…
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Shanmugam vs. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.

ByAnkit Rastogi

Financial strength of a company, though relevant, cannot be the sole factor to determine dominant position of an enterprise. Providing free services cannot by itself raise competition concerns unless the same is offered by a dominant enterprise and is shown to be tainted with an anti-competitive objective of excluding competition/ competitors.

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