Straightforward answers to the questions brand owners across Gujarat actually ask us — on searching, filing, defending and renewing a trademark.
The single most-cited test for deceptive similarity in Indian trademark law. Supreme Court, 2001.
Read Guide ↗The founding case for the "ordinary purchaser of imperfect recollection" test. Supreme Court, 1962.
Read Guide ↗The "overall impression" test for composite marks, wrappers, and packaging. Supreme Court, 1972.
Read Guide ↗A generic/mythological name plus different trade channels defeated an opposition based on a similar prior mark. Supreme...
Read Guide ↗A deity's name traditionally linked to milk and butter cannot be monopolised for dairy products. Delhi High Court, 2011.
Read Guide ↗How courts identify the "essential feature" of a compound pharmaceutical mark. Delhi High Court, 1997 & 2010.
Read Guide ↗The classic distinction between statutory infringement and passing off — and why the evidence for each differs. Supreme...
Read Guide ↗Registration is evidence, not proof of use — prior actual use outranks prior registration. Delhi High Court, 1977.
Read Guide ↗How much latitude an appellate court gives to a lower court's interlocutory injunction order. Supreme Court, 1990.
Read Guide ↗That is what we help you decide. Then we search it, file it, defend it, and keep it renewed for the next ten years — from Ahmedabad, for all of Gujarat.