PRINCIPLES OF ‘PRIOR ADOPTION AND USE’ VIS A VIS TRANSBORDER REPUTATION: JONES INVESTMENT CO V. VISHNUPRIYA HOSIERY MILLS

In the recent decision of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in the case of Jones Investment Co v. Vishnupriya Hosiery Mills, it was held that a multinational company cannot claim infringement of trademark by a local Indian company purely based on international presence unless they can expressly establish that their presence extends to India […]

India refuses to nod…for Noddy

For the first time, I was forced by my friends to include pictures in my blog. No wonder, the reason is that they all love the famous character ‘Noddy’. Well, my reason for writing the blog is to share a very recent and an interesting Trade Mark case in the Delhi High court. The Plaintiff, […]