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Worknest Business Centre LLP & Anr. v. M/s. Worknests Through Shri Rajesh Goel

IA No. 8773 of 2020 in CS (Comm) No. 406 of 2020 Date of decision: 21st March, 2023 Brief Facts: Plaintiffs’ Contentions: Defendants’ Contentions: Plaintiffs’ Rejoinder: Court’s Observations: Temporary Injunction was granted against the Defendants.

Neetu Singh & Anr. v. Telegram FZ LLC & Ors.
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Neetu Singh & Anr. v. Telegram FZ LLC & Ors.

Neetu Singh & Anr. v. Telegram FZ LLC & Ors. 2022 SCC Online Del 2637 Brief Facts: Plaintiffs filed the suit seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of copyright, damages and other reliefs in respect of unauthorised dissemination of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted materials. Defendant No. 1 is operator of is a messaging platform which enables transmission of…

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Gorbatschow Wodka K.G. v. John Distilleries Limited

2011 (47) PTC 100 (Bom) Brief Facts: The Plaintiff was a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG, headquartered in Germany. Plaintiff had acquired the registration of the shape of its bottle used for selling Vodka in a number of countries. In 2008, Plaintiff applied for the registration of the shape of its…

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Allied Blenders and Distillers Pvt Ltd. v. Agribiotech Industries Limited(Abil)

I.A. No. 4397 of 2020 in CS (Comm) No. 166 of 2020 Hon’ble High Court of Delhi Date of Decision: 15th October, 2020 Brief Facts: On 2nd June, 2020 it was discovered by the Plaintiff that the Defendant had launched its product in the market under the trade mark “Chetak Whisky” whose label was allegedly…

Jahangir Biri Factory Pvt. Ltd. v. Mohd. Dildar Hossain and Registrar of Trade Marks
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Jahangir Biri Factory Pvt. Ltd. v. Mohd. Dildar Hossain and Registrar of Trade Marks

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…

Delhivery Private Limited v. Treasure Vase Ventures Private Limited
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Delhivery Private Limited v. Treasure Vase Ventures Private Limited

14th August, 2020 High Court of Delhi CS (Comm) No. 217 of 2020 Brief Facts: Plaintiff was engaged in the business of logistics, transportation and management under the Trademark “DELHIVERY” since 2011. Plaintiff had 27 registrations pertaining the mark ‘DELHIVERY’ under Classes 35, 39 and 42 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. Defendant, on the…

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

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…

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Lalubhai Chakubhai Jarivala v. Shamaldas Sankalchand Shah

AIR 1934 Bom 407 Brief Facts: Plaintiff, a chemist, in 1927 started with one Girdhanlal, brother of Defendant, a partnership concern being Jarivalla Shah & Co. In this firm, Defendant  was a clerk. The firm had an experimental branch under the namr Jasco & Co., lead by one Dr. Patel. In August, 1928, Plaintiff left…

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UNDERSTANDING THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE PATENTS RULES, 2003 BY PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 159 of the Patents Act, 1970, the Central Government has on 19th October, 2020 amended the Patents Rules, 2003 vide the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2020. The key changes to the Patents Rules, 2003 by the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2020 are: 1. Rule 21 which deals with the ‘Filing…