Written By: Godhuli Nanda Amidst the month long New Year celebrations of 2016, the controversial battle for the safekeeping of “Free Basics” was taking a wild turn. For the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the month of January was quite busy with floating papers, debates and what not. And by February they were hip […]
Read moreWritten 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 […]
Read moreWritten By: Rojalin Dhal It’s official now. From 1 January 2016 onwards, you have to shell more money if you want your trademark to have that (R) symbol on its top. On 19th November 2015, the ministry of commerce and industry (MCI) issued a draft to amend some of the trademark rules in order to […]
Read moreWritten By: Rojalin Dhal 85 years ago, India’s greatest freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi had initiated the famous revolutionary movement called “Salt Satyagraha” to produce India’s own salt which had paved way for demolishing British monopoly over salt in the Colonial India. The history has once again repeated itself. India has won the Patent war over […]
Read moreWritten By: Avasi Mohanty Every household’s favorite dairy product brand “AMUL” has added another feather to its cap. Going with the direction of Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), mark “Amul” is accorded the status of a well-known trademark in India , sharing platform with the likes of Coca-Cola, Kodak, Nestle and Microsoft. Anand Milk Federation […]
Read moreWritten By: Rojalin Dhal Nestle has been in news for all bad reasons recently, especially in India, for its product “maggi”. The damaged reputation has been allayed to some extent by the “KitKat” victory as it won one of the longest running legal battles against Cadbury. As a result of which, the UK’s community trademark […]
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