Vicco Laboratories, Bombay v. Hindustan Rimmer, Delhi AIR 1979 Delhi 114 Plaintiff was manufacturing and marketing since 1965 vanishing cream containing turmeric and sandal wood under the name of Vicco Turmeric Vanishing Cream. Plaintiff had been marketing the said cream in tubes in cartons. The carton and tubes had a distinctive get up and colour…
Atlas Cycle Industries Ltd. v. Hind Cycles Limited (1973) ILR 1 Delhi 393 Appellant was a company incorporated in 1950. In 1938, a firm called Messrs Janki Dass & Co., began to import bicycles into India under the Trade Mark “EASTERN STAR”. In or about 1943, the said firm obtained trade mark registration in Class…
Rai Toys Industries and Ors. v. Munir Printing Press, Delhi 1982 PTC 85 Plaintiff filed a suit for infringement of Copyright in it’s Tambola tickets which were copied by the Defendant. The Plaintiff was also the registered owner of the Copyright. The Learned Single Judge granted a decree of permanent injunction in favour of the…
Bhole Baba Milk Food Industries Ltd. v. Parul food Specialities Pvt. Ltd. 2011 (48) PTC 235 (Del.) (DB) Appellant was the proprietor of a label mark ‘KRISHNA’ having pictorial reflection of Lord Krishna standing on a lotus flower for dairy products. Appellant was also the registered proprietor of the word ‘KRISHNA’ written in a unique…
Major (Retired) Sukesh Behl & Anr. v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics Before the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi FAO(OS) No. 16 of 2014 The present Appeal was filed by the Appellants as the Appellant’s application under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Judgment on admission) was dismissed by the…
South India Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Vs. General Mills Marketing Inc. Before the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi FAO(OS) No. 389/2014 Decided On: 13.10.2014 Respondent was the proprietor of the mark ‘HAAGEN – DAZS’ for ice cream claiming use since 2007 in India. Appellant was using mark ‘D’DAAZS’. The use of both the parties…
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. v. Novartis AG & Anr. Before the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi Date of Decision: 18.10.2014 FAO(OS) No. 447 of 2014 Respondents had filed a suit for permanent injunction restraining the appellant from infringing Respondents’ Patent. The suit along with the application for interim relief came up for preliminary consideration…
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. v. M/s. Reshma Collection Before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi at New Delhi FAO(OS) No. 506 of 2013 Date of Decision: 15.10.2014 Appellant filed a suit seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of Copyright, Infringement of Trade Mark, Passing Off, Dilution, Rendition of Accounts, Damages, etc in respect of their Trade…
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. W.P.(C) No.3679 of 2014 in the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi Date of decision: 9th October, 2014 Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Controller General), Government of India passed an office order dated 8th June, 2012. Clause 3 of the same…
Pratibha M. Singh v. Singh and Associates IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 14th October, 2014 CS(OS) No. 1173 of 2012 In the present case, one Advocate filed a suit against another law firm on the ground of infringement of Trade Mark and passing off. After, a lot of…
Anglo-Dutch, Colour & Varnish Works Private Limited v. India Trading House PTC (Suppl) (2) 585 (Del) Plaintiff was one of the leading manufacturers of superior white zinc paint under trade mark 1001. The salient features of the Plaintiff’s trade mark were the numeral 1001 appearing in bold type in grey lettering on a white circle…
Takkar (India) Tea Company v. Soongachi Tea Industries Pvt. Ltd. 2010 (44) PTC 90 (Del) Intellectual Property Appellate Board held that the mark of the Petitioner, being ‘GOLD LEAF’ is similar to the mark of the Respondent being ‘SONA’ for tea leaves and denied registration of the same. Aggrieved by the said order, the Petitioner…