Decathlon, a French-based company, one of the largest sporting goods retailer in the world with 1647 stores in nearly 1000 cities in 57 countries and regions (Jan 2020) including many stores spread across states in India has filed a trademark infringement suit against NCR-based Pentathlon Sports. Decathlon alleges that the Pentathlon infringes the registered trademark of Decathlon, visually and phonetically […]
The Bill bearing the title “The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021”was introduced on Feb 11, 2021 in the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister. While seeking to dismantle the IPAB, the Bill proposes to transfer its powers to High Courts (for patent, trademarks, GI, Plant Varieties related issues) and to Commercial Courts (for copyright matters). The […]
MAKE MY TRIP (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED (hereinafter Plaintiff) sought permanent injunction restraining MAKE MY TRAVEL (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED (hereinafter Defendant) from adopting and using the trade mark/trade name ‘Make My Travel’ (word per se), MMT (letter mark) and the tag line ‘Dreams Unlimited’ and MakeMyTravel Logo. Plaintiff submitted that the infringement and passing off of Plaintiff‟s marks is proved by […]
As the Department for promotion of industry and Internal trade (DPIIT) launches a website and mobile app for Intellectual property right, I am but reminded of the quote by Victor Hugo “There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come.” I do believe the time has come […]
To nurture innovation and creativity in a knowledge economy, Indian Government has reduced the official fees for filing of patent application, requesting for normal or expedited examination and for renewing the granted patents to the tune of 60 to 68 percent especially for MSMEs who play a key role in the economic growth of India. The fee reduction has also […]
Relaxo Footwears on Saturday said it has reached a settlement with competitor Bata India over the use of trademark ‘SPARX’ in favour of Relaxo Footwears “The company has executed a deed of settlement with Bata India for assignment of trademark ‘SPARX’ in favour of Relaxo Footwears Ltd,” Relaxo Footwears said in a filing to the BSE In 2009, Bata sued Relaxo […]
The famous blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa has been recognised as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity. The Trade Marks Registry, Government of India, has granted the registration of the trade mark for that pattern of blue border of sari. The Missionaries of Charity does not believe in publicity and as such it was not publicized, but since unscrupulous […]
While India has always been an innovative society, much of the intellectual property (IP) created remains unprotected both on account of lack of awareness and the perception that IP protection is either not required or that the process to obtain it is unnecessarily complicated. The rationale for the National IPR Policy lies in the need to create awareness about the […]
The government on Thursday 29th Oct 2015, proposed amendments to the rules under the Patents Act to streamline the application process, as part of its efforts to improve the ease of doing business in India. The Indian Patent Amendments (Amendment Rules), 2015 released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on Thursday seeks to fast-track the patent application […]