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Bombay High Court Dismisses Passing Off Claim Over Domain Name 'secondshaadi.com' — Finds 'Shaadi' Generic and Descriptive. Plaintiff's mark 'Shaadi.com' lacks distinctiveness for exclusive use; no likelihood of confusion as 'secondshaadi' denotes a different service.

The Plaintiff, People Interactive (India) Private Limited, owner of the well-known matrimonial website 'Shaadi.com', filed a suit against Vivek Pahwa ...

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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Injunction in Trademark Infringement Suit by 'VOGUE' Magazine Owner Against 'JUST IN VOGUE' Retail Services. Well-Known Mark 'VOGUE' Protected Against Use for Dissimilar Services Under Section 29(4) of Trade Marks Act, 1999.

The Plaintiffs, Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. and its subsidiary, are the proprietors and users of the trademark 'VOGUE' in respect of magazines a...

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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Injunction in Trademark Infringement Suit Over 'Café Madras' Restaurant Name. The mark 'Café Madras' held to be inherently distinctive and entitled to protection against use by a subsequent restaurant of the same name.

The plaintiffs, the Kamath family, have been running a restaurant named 'Café Madras' in Matunga, Mumbai since 1938. The restaurant has acquired a re...

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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Injunction in Favor of Hygienic Research Institute, Restraining Defendants from Using “STREAK Street” Mark Deceptively Similar to Plaintiff’s Registered Trademark “STREAX”

Trademark Infringement and Passing Off of “STREAX” vs. “STREAK Street” The Bombay High Court, granted interim reliefs in favor of the plainti...

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Bombay High Court Grants Injunction in Trademark Infringement Case: 'ROFOL' vs 'PROFOL'. Prior Registration of 'ROFOL' by Plaintiff in 1992 Entitles Injunction Against Defendant's Deceptively Similar Mark 'PROFOL' Under Section 29 of Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958.

The plaintiff, M/s. Neon Laboratories Limited, filed a suit for infringement and passing off against the defendants, M/s. Medical Technologies Ltd. an...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plaintiff's Suit for Trade Mark Infringement and Passing Off Against Defendants Over 'SUNCONTROL' Mark. The Court held that 'SUNCONTROL' is descriptive and not distinctive, and that the plaintiff failed to establish secondary meaning or likelihood of confusion.

The plaintiff, Garware Polyester Limited, filed a suit for trade mark infringement and passing off against 3M Company and 3M India Limited, alleging t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plaintiff's Interim Injunction Application in Trademark Infringement Suit Over Descriptive Mark 'OCTRIDE'. Court holds that the mark is descriptive of the active ingredient Octreotide and lacks distinctiveness, and balance of convenience favors the defendant.

The plaintiff, Sun Pharma Laboratories Limited, filed a commercial IP suit seeking an interim injunction to restrain the defendant, United Biotech Pri...

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Karnataka High Court Upholds Interim Injunction in Trademark Infringement Case — 'HOTEL SPECIAL' vs 'SVT HOTEL SPECIAL' for Asafoetida. Deceptive Similarity Established Despite Addition of Prefix 'SVT'.

The appellant/defendant, S.V.T Products, challenged an interim injunction order passed by the XVIII Additional City Civil Judge, Bengaluru, in O.S. No...

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Bombay High Court Grants Injunction in Quia Timet Action for Passing Off Based on Distinctive Bottle Shape of Vodka. Shape of a bottle can be protected as a trademark or get-up if it has acquired distinctiveness and is likely to cause confusion.

The plaintiff, Gorbatschow Wodka KG, a German company manufacturing Vodka, filed a quia timet action against John Distilleries Limited alleging that t...