Louis Vuitton Mallettier v. Abdul Salim and Others CS(OS) 90/2006 Key Words: Parallel Import, Exhaustion, Trade Mark FACTS: This suit was filed for protection of rights in the trademark “Louis Vuitton”, trademark/logo “LV” and the “Toile monogram” design. The plaintiff as the registered proprietor of the aforesaid marks/logo/monogram sought order against the defendants from selling,…
M/s General Electric Company v. Altamas Khan and Ors. CS(OS) No.1283/2006 Keywords: Parallel Import, Exhaustion, Trade Mark FACTS: The plaintiff, General Electric Co. filed a suit against the defendants to restrain them from misrepresenting themselves as authorized distributors of the plaintiff and from trading as GE Dehumidifiers or in any other deceptively similar trading style and…
CISCO Technologies v. Shrikanth 2005 (31) PTC 538 (Del) Key Words: Parallel Import, Exhaustion, Trade Mark Act Facts In this case, plaintiff CISCO was selling its products used in computer hardware since the year 1984 under the trademark ‘CISCO’ and was using a ‘Bridge Device’. It was submitted that the product of the plaintiff is…
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Others v. Santosh V. G. CS (OS) No. 1682/2006 Relevant Law(s): Section 14 and 51 of the Copyright Act, 1957 Key Words: copyright, cinematographic works, parallel import, exhaustion PARTIES: The Plaintiffs (P), their associated and affiliated companies carry on business of film production and are the owners, co-owners, assignees, licensees of rights, titles and have interests…