Interpreting the time limit in service of notice.
Whether from the date of dispatch or on receipt by the applicant under the Trademarks Law Recently, the Madras High Court, in an issue arising from the abandonment of a …
Registration of a Design can be Prima Facie Evidence of Validity of the Design.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a certificate of granting registration to a design has to be treated as prima facie evidence of validity of the design.
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Right to Repair law: The Balance between Environment and Cost Efficiency.
The “Right to Repair” can be explained as a “freedom”, wherein a consumer has the freedom to repair their own equipment or to hire an independent service provider rather than …
Documents ought to be necessarily filed along with the plaint in Trademark Infringement matters.
In order for the Court to consider the registration, documentary evidence in the form of either the trademark registration along with the journal extracts or the Legal Proceeding Certificate ought to be placed on record.
No Common Law Rights in Patents.
Rights in a patent are only for the life of a patent which remains granted and has not been revoked. The manner in which patent rights operate is that they are merely statutory rights and there are no common law rights in patents. Patent infringement actions are maintainable only in respect of granted and live patents.