Whether the payment of ‘Saturday Allowance/Special Allowance’ will form part of the basic wages and accordingly be counted for the provident fund contribution.
Unconventional Trade Marks is always an interesting topic in Trade Marks Jurisprudence. The ambit of Unconventional trade marks is ever expanding even to consider something as vague as taste. With capitalism ever increasing, it has become increasingly important for the business entities to protect whatever they think if used by another will decrease their sales…
Shoppers Stop Ltd. v. Vinod’s Shoppers Stop CS(OS) No. 458 of 2015 19.09.2016 Delhi High Court The Plaintiff was the proprietor of the mark ‘SHOPPERS STOP’ in all Classes and was using the same since 1991 as a trade mark and as part of trade name . Over the years, the Plaintiff had created…
Intellectual Property Attorneys Association v. The Controller Genreral of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks & Anr. 2019 (80) PTC 486 (Del) Delhi High Court Aggrieved by the practice of the Trade Marks Office of not giving speaking orders toward srefusal of trade mark registration and thereafter relying upon Rule 36 of the Trade Marks Rules,…
2018 (76) PTC 479 (IPAB) Brief Facts: As per the Applicant, Applicant had adopted the mark ‘HOWRAH BIDI (LABEL)’ in the year 1941 and started to use the same from 1995. Applicant had applied for the registration of its trademark under Application No. 736949 in the year 1996. However, the said application could not be…
Edison v. Edison Polyform Mfg. Co. 67 A. 392 (N.J. Ch. 1907) In the present case, the Plaintiff was the inventor of electrical instruments and processes and had a huge reputation. He once made a medication for neuralgic pains. Some individuals purchased the rights to the formulation of that medicine for US$ 5000. On November…