Landmark Judgments on Trade Marks Law

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Description
The trademark is a sign of uniqueness and authenticity. It is something that distinguishes the goods and services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. It identifies the product, guarantees quality, helps advertise the product, and is also the objective symbol of goodwill that a business has created. For example, a company stands to lose money if someone cheaply reproduces the product and sells it for a fraction of the price by copying the combination of name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, shape, colour, personal name, letter, number, and figurative element as well as any combination representing a graph that the company. It not only brings losses to the developing company but also hurts the customer's expectations as they get copied products and the luxury of the products decreases in society. In India, trademarks are the preserve under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. If any trademark violation occurs, various actions can be taken under the Act. It gives the sole right of any specific mark to the single company based upon which the goodwill of the company creates in the market. Once a company or an institution get its trade mark registered it becomes the sole owner of that and others cannot use it and the company can carry out legal action if anyone tries to infringe their trademark.
This Compilation of Selected Cases on Trade Marks Law is a joint effort of Legal Startups and Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar through its Centre for IPR. Dr. Kalpeshkumar L. Gupta (Founder, Legal Startups) and Dr. Hardik H. Parikh (Assistant Professor of Law, GNLU & Member, GNLU Centre for IPR), came up with the idea of this book ably guided by Dr. Nidhi Buch (Head, GNLU Centre for IPR) who was a source of constant support and guidance throughout. This book has been brought to life with the contributions of our enthusiastic volunteers, who are the backbone of this endeavour. In the series of case compilations under the Legal Startups banner, this particular case compilation book is the result of the hard work and determination of budding lawyers pursuing their three-year or five-year law course in different institutes situated at different corners of India and a professional working in the field of IPR especially trademarks. A sincere attempt has been made to ensure that the jurisprudential essence of each case is retained and accurately reflected in the summaries prepared by our team.
Being the editors of this book on important cases on the Trade Mark, our journey has been a learning curve and it has made us appreciate everyone who is contributing to the evolution of knowledge in any way possible.
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Contents
.Deceptively Similar
.Honest Use Cyber Squatting
.Passing Off
.Goodwill
.Well-Known Trans-Border Reputation
.Domain Name Temporary Injunction
.Laudatory Words Phonetic Similarity Movie Titles
.Keyword on Search Engines
.Trade Dress Websites and more
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Author Details
Yogesh Pratap Singh
Kalpeshkumar L Gupta
Hardik H Parikh