High Court of Judicature at Bombay | Notice of Motion No. 230 of 2015 in Suit (L) No. 957 of 2014 Decided on 20 July 2016 Judge: Justice A.K. Menon Citation: 2017 (69) PTC 79 (Bom) Background Raymond Limited is a company based in Mumbai and is the successor to Raymond Woollen Mills Limited. It […]
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Delhi High Court | CS(OS) No. 41/2008 | I.A. No. 279/2008 Decided on 9 April 2009 Judge: Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Citation: 2009 (41) PTC 284 (Del) Background Rolex SA is a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland and is headquartered in Geneva. The company traces its origins to 1905 when Hans Wilsdorf established
High Court of Allahabad | Decided: 16 July 1980 First Appeals No. 8 of 1975 & No. 9 of 1975 Bench: Division Bench of the High Court of Allahabad Citation: AIR 1981 All 200 | 1980 SCC OnLine All 444 Background Late Sri Ram Naresh Tripathi was an eminent Hindi scholar, poet and litterateur of
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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 12 September 2018 Civil Appeal No. (arising from Division Bench judgment of the Bombay High Court) Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.F. Nariman & Hon’ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra Citation: 2018 SCC OnLine SC 1846 Background Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, the plaintiff and respondent before the Supreme Court, is the registered
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The protection of computer programs under intellectual property law is one of the most consequential and contested questions in the history of modern legal systems. Software drives virtually every sector of the contemporary economy – from financial systems and medical devices to communications infrastructure and consumer entertainment. The legal framework that governs who owns software,
The law of passing off occupies a foundational position in the Indian intellectual property landscape. It is the common law action through which traders protect the goodwill and reputation they have built in their unregistered marks, trade names, get-up and other indicia of commercial identity against misappropriation by competitors who seek to exploit that reputation
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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 28 May 2009 RFA (OS) No. 25/2006 Bench: Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi Citation: 2009 (40) PTC 519 (Del) | 2009 SCC OnLine Del 1647 Background Microfibres Inc. is an American corporation engaged in the manufacture and commercial sale of upholstery fabrics, the
Delhi High Court | CS(COMM) 564/2022 & I.A. 12961/2022 Summons issued: 22 August 2022 | Final Order: 30 November 2022 Judge: Justice Amit Bansal Citation: CS(COMM) 564/2022 (Delhi High Court IPD) Background Starbucks Corporation is a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington in the United States of America. Its predecessor opened
Music is among the oldest and most universal forms of human expression and it is also among the most legally complex categories of creative work that copyright law is called upon to protect. A single commercially released song involves, in the ordinary case, at least three distinct creative contributions – the musical composition created by
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Trademark law exists to protect two distinct but related interests simultaneously. It protects the proprietor of a registered mark against the unauthorized use of that mark by others who would free-ride on the reputation and goodwill that the proprietor has built. And it protects consumers against confusion – against the risk that they will be
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