On 10th September, 2012 Delhi High Court gave an order while adjudicating a trademark dispute between Exide Industries Limited, the biggest storage battery producing company in India and Exide Corporation, a USA based company on the use of the ‘Exide’ name. In the decision court restrained Exide Corporation USA from using the trademark ‘Exide’ [...]
In a recent judgment given on 3rd October, 2012, Delhi high court ruled against the decision of IPAB’s appointment for the post of technical member for Trademarks. In the judgment given by Justice Suresh Kait, high court ordered the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) that the selection made by Search-cum-Selection Committee should [...]
A long dispute of four years came to an end when the High Court of Birmingham (UK) gave a ruling in favor of Cadbury. The dispute was over the color trademark of Cadbury viz. Purple (Pantone 2685C). In the present dispute Nestle SA, challenged a trademark ruling stating that a color cannot be protected [...]
Driven by its modern, cool image Smirnoff has retained its position as the world's leading alcoholic drinks brand according to The Power 100, 2010, the annual survey of the world's leading drinks brands published this week by brand valuation and strategy consultancy Intangible Business. Intangible Business, which works extensively in the drinks industry, researched [...]
Design, trademark and patent are intellectual properties that influence each other and become the core assets and ultimate commercial weapons of the companies. Brand extensions may be the most visible means of exploiting intangibles. Businesses with great brands can license their names and logos, or franchise their operations, or co-brand with noncompetitive, strategically suited [...]
World intellectual property organization (WIPO) figures indicate that international trade mark filing suffer during 2009 because of the global economic downturn. Filing made under WIPO's Madrid system of the international registration of marks dropped by 16percentage in 2009. Trademark figure are a “leading indicator” of economic events, said Francis Gurry during a process conference. [...]
