High Court of Judicature at Madras, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 16.10.2026 (Reserved on: 14.07.2026) Case Number: CMA(PT) No. 22 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Kumaresh Babu BACKGROUND The Appellant, The North Face Apparel Corp, filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, challenging an order
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High Court of Judicature at Madras, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 28.09.2026 (Reserved on: 02.06.2026) Case Number: (T)OP(TM) No. 482 of 2023 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Kumaresh Babu BACKGROUND The Petitioner, RPG Enterprises Limited, filed the present petition under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 seeking rectification of Trade Mark Registration
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A trademark registration in India is a conditional grant. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 confers a monopoly in the mark so long as the mark does the work for which the monopoly exists, namely to indicate the commercial origin of goods or services in the market. A proprietor who obtains registration and then leaves the
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High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad, Division Bench | Date of Decision: 30/09/2026 Case Number: R/Letters Patent Appeal No. 54 of 2015, in R/Special Civil Application No. 649/2001 Bench: Hon’ble the Chief Justice Mrs. Justice Sunita Agarwal (author) and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Divyesh A. Joshi BACKGROUND This intra-court Letters Patent Appeal was filed by the
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The Madrid Protocol represents the single most significant reform to India’s international trademark posture since the enactment of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 itself. For an Indian applicant seeking to protect a brand across multiple jurisdictions, the pre-Madrid alternative was a country-by-country filing exercise involving separate national applications, separate local agents, separate fee structures and
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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Division Bench | Date of Decision: January 6, 2026 Case Number: RFA(OS)(COMM) 1/2026 & CM APPL. 331/2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar (author) and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Om Prakash Shukla BACKGROUND This appeal challenges, to a limited extent, judgment dated 19 November 2025 and order dated
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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: April 30, 2026 Case Number: CS(COMM) 1134/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia BACKGROUND The Plaintiff, Médecins Sans Frontières International (“MSF”/”Doctors Without Borders”), is an international humanitarian medical aid organization operating under the mark ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’/’Doctors Without Borders’ (“Plaintiff’s Mark”) in
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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench | Decided: 1 September 2026 Appeal Against Order No. 42 of 2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.G. Khobragade Citation: 2026:BHC-NAG:11473 Background The appellants are Tervinder Singh Jhans, M/s Barbecue a proprietary concern through its proprietor Tervinder Singh Jhans and Barbecue Food Services Pvt. Ltd., all having their
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Trademark coexistence agreements occupy a sophisticated and commercially consequential space within Indian intellectual property practice one that sits at the junction of trademark law, contract law and competition law, yet is addressed by no single statute with dedicated clarity. In a trademark register that now carries over two and a half million active marks, with
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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 28 July 2026 LPA 316/2026 & CM APPL. 27819-20/2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Kameswar Rao & Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora Background In Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. v. The Registrar of Trade Marks,The appellant, Parle Products Pvt. Ltd., is a well-known company engaged
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