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Ferrari Loses its Trademark to a Toy Company in Germany
Written By: Ashka Vora The iconic brand ‘ferrari’ has lost a legal battle to protect their exclusive right to use the mark ‘Testarossa’ in Germany. In its recent decision, the German Court has ruled that ‘Ferrari’ no longer has exclusive trademark rights on their most popular ‘Testarossa’ cars. Ferrari´s German trade mark ‘Testarossa’ was registered […]
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Allopathy Doctors to Bear Separate Identity Symbol
Written By: Rojalin Dhal The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has tried to make a distinction between the Doctors practicing in modern medicines from other types of medical practitioners by adopting a new symbol to be used only by the Allopathy Medical Practitioners. It has already applied for the registration of the same with the […]
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GST on Branded Products and its Implication on Indian Trademark Regime
Written By: Ashka Vora and Saumya Verma After years of debates, India’s biggest tax reform GST has finally come into force in July 2017. It has often been pronounced into a phrase called “One Country, One Tax”. It’s a single taxation regime which has replaced existing taxes like CENVAT, octroi, excise duties, etc. GST has […]
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Symbolic Sari of Charity is now a Registered Trademark in India
Written By: Rojalin Dhal Ever wondered if a sari could be protected under Intellectual Property Rights? Well, a Kolkata based leading lawyer of India, Mr. Biswajit Sarkar has made this possible by registering the blue and white pattern sari worn by the nuns of MOC, with the Indian Trademark Registry. The Trademark Registry has registered this blue […]
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Taj Palace Hotel sets new example in Indian Trademark Regime!
Written By: Ashka Vora What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Trademark’? A brand name, a logo, numbers, colour scheme? Well, the scope of trademark is much wider than this and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel of Mumbai has just set a new example by becoming the first building to get trademark […]
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Tobacco Wars
Written by: Rojalin Dhal “A debacle is often anticipated whenever a small entity has tried to challenge a huge well-funded entity”. Generally, an anticipation is a forecast of something which may or may not happen. Today’s topic is similarly on a small entity NTC (National Tobacco Corporation) who tried to challenge a big corporation (ITC […]
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