by The Legal Blog | Jul 8, 2011 | Intellectual Property Rights
Justice Manmohan Singh of the Delhi High Court, in Arun Jaitley v. Network Solutions Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., has spelt out the law relating to the protection of domain names under the Indian Trademark law. While discussing various judicial precedents on the subject, the...
by The Legal Blog | Jan 5, 2011 | Intellectual Property Rights, Legal News
Source : Economic Times US-based packaged food maker Kraft Foods on Tuesday sued Nusli Wadia-owned Britannia Industries for trademark and copyright violations of its popular Oreo cookies. In a suit filed in the Delhi High Court , Kraft said Britannia’s...
by The Legal Blog | Nov 30, 2010 | Civil Procedure Code, Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Concepts
Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar Delhi High Court Justice Muralidhar of the Delhi High Court has discussed the Law relating to Jurisdiction of Courts while dealing with a Passing Off action involving the use of an universally accessible web site. In the case in hand, the...
by The Legal Blog | Nov 30, 2010 | Intellectual Property Rights
Justice Muralidhar The Delhi High Court has held that manufacturers, distributors or sellers of cinematograph films, will first submit the DVDs/ VCDs to the Central Board For Film Certification (CBFC) for certification and this rule will apply prospectively and not to...
by The Legal Blog | Nov 15, 2010 | Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Concepts
The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has held that a descriptive word cannot be registered as a trademark. The decision was rendered in the matter Marico Ltd. v. Agro Tech Foods. Marico, which uses the expressions “losorb” and “Lo-sorb” for its product Saffola...
by The Legal Blog | Nov 12, 2010 | Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Concepts
The Delhi High Court in Times Internet Ltd. v. M/s Belize Domain WHOIS Service Ltd. & Ors. discussed the law relating to Trademarks and Domain Names. Justice V.K. Jain, while following a line of judgments on the issue held as under; 10. In CS(OS) No.1108/2006,...