Category: Recent News
Revolutionary Judgment
August 23, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:58 pm
India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times. The landmark court decision came in response to petitions challenging the so-called “triple talaq” custom. The cases were filed
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KUDOS to Cello!
June 6, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:51 pm
Cello Household Products (plaintiffs) sued Modware India (defendants) in the Bombay High Court seeking an injunction for passing off and infringement of design. In May 2016, the plaintiffs had created a plastic bottle named PURO. The bottle was registered with the Indian Designs Office as
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Govinda’s trouble
June 3, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:26 am
Sarkar 3 was recently released on May 12 2017, despite certain legal issues between the two parties namely Narendra Hirawat & Co. (NH) (“Appellant”), and Alumbra Entertainment and Ors., including K Sera Sera (KSS), Z Picture Company (ZPC) and RGV Film Factory (RGV) (“Respondents”). The
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Bend it like Bentley
March 20, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:35 pm
The car company Bentley lost a trade mark invalidity battle against UK based clothing company Bentley. The clothing company is using the trade mark BENTLEY since 1962 and in 2009 had got the trade mark registration at UK Intellectual Property Office. The trade mark covers
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Converse Fails to Sneaks up on the Sneaker Industry
July 11, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:31 am
Converse’s Chuck Taylor sneakers loose trademark battle against Wal-Mart, Sketchers and New Balance. The U. S International Trade Commission(ITC) invalidated Converse’s trademark for chuck’s stripes, toe cap and toe bumper. In 2014 converse had sued 31 companies for infringing its Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers.
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