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To protect the public so that it may be confident in getting the product which it asks for and it wants to get.

To protect an owner’s investment from misappropriation by pirates and cheats

Trademark helps customers to select goods.  By identifying the source of goods, they convey valuable information to consumers 

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Functional Benefit ‐ A BMW automobile include power, excellent brakes and great cornering ability

Emotional level – BMW Engine sound and sensations of excitement that come from accelerating down an open highway

Self Expressive sense ‐A BMW owner feels his or her own success resulting from ownership of an expensive and distinctive vehicle

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When Philip Mores bought Kraft, the maker of cheese, the price was 12.9 Billion US $ for the brand names, which was four times Kraft’s tangible assets

Nestle paid 2.5 Billion US $ for the brand name KITKAT, which was 5 times Rowndstree’s book value

In the Life Insurance joint venture between Bajaj Auto and Allianz of Germany, a premium of Rs. 72 crores has been paid to Bajaj Auto for using the brand name BAJAJ in the life Insurance business by the joint venture

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Device, heading,Label, ticket, name, signature,Word, letter, numeralShape of goods, packaging orCombination of colours or anyCombination thereof.Services New act - Trade Marks Act, 1999

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A trademark should NOT have the following features:

a) It should NOT be deceptively similar to any other existing markb) It should not be a descriptive of the goods. A remote reference is sometimes allowed.c) It should NOT be a word that defines the nature of the productd) It should not be the name or the surname of a persone) It should not be a geographical name

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non‐distinctive mark that is used in trade by the extensive use of the mark in relation to the goods in which the marks are being used, resulting in the mark becoming distinctive of the goods and the manufacturer. In such cases, the doctrine of prior use applies and it serves as a valid defense for the manufacturer to claim proprietary rights over the trademark. Some examples of such marks /brands are Nilgiris, Nagarjuna Fertilisers, Taj Mahal Tea etc.

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Win ‐Medicare Ltd V. DUA Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd,Diclomol was used by the plaintiff and Dicamol was used by the defendant.The court held that the two products were similar and considered the factor that these drugs are sold without prescription.Therefore these drugs can be bought off the counter by illiterate customer and therefore restrained the use of the trademark by holding that they are similar.1997 PTR 152

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Delhi High Court granted an ex‐prate injunction to Smithkline Beecham Ltd which was the registered owner of the mark Crocin against the use by Apar Pharma of Hyderabad and Cyper Pharma of Delhi against the use of the word Crocinex. Both the marks were sought to be used for paracetamol tablets. The Court held that the words were so similar that the it attempt was to deliberately mislead the public. (Here the issue of phonetic similarity was also conceded).APTN Set 1 No 3 April 98 p 13

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Calida Lab v. Dabur Pharma Ltd, Calida alleged that Zexate was deceptively similar to Mexate in respect of a particular injection used to treat cancer. The Court based its conclusions only on the fact that the drugs were specialized drugs which could only be purchased showing the prescription of a cancer specialist.It was felt that the prescriptions were made by specialist doctors who are knowledgeable and are capable of distinguishing the names and therefore court held that the trademarks can be allowed APTN Set 1 No2, Dec 97, p 12

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Biofarma V. Sanjay Medical Store, the question was with reference to Flavedon and Trivedon for a drug that was prescribed for heart disease. The court gave importance to the fact that the drug was a Schedule H drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, which meant that the drug cannot be bought off the counter. The Court held that the two drugs need not be considered to be deceptively similar on the same logic followed in the above mentioned case.1997 PTR 97

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The pharmaceutical industry has some interesting examples of such concurrent registrations:

a) Durex‐ Durex Products Inc, USA and The London Rubber Co, UK b) Kerocleanse ‐ Scientific Pharmacals Ltd, UK and Patel Brothers Service & Eng, 

Mumbai (Class 5)c) Nifecard ‐ LekTovarna Farmacevtskih, Yugoslavia; BiochemPharmaceutical Industries, Mumbai (Class 5)Taktic:‐The Boots Co Ltd, UK and Eskayef Limited, Bangalore

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TRADEMARK BECOMINGA GENERICWORD: It should be noted that unless a trademark is carefully protected it will lose its significance. This essentially means that the trademark will degenerate in status to a generic word. The consequence is that the trademark will start referring to goods of that variety rather than serve as a link between that product and the manufacture. Hence the manufacturer/ owner will not be able to claim any proprietorship /ownership rights over the trademark. This may occur if the owner fails to take action against the infringor or because of the use of the mark in a descriptive sense. Some examples of these are: Asprin, Refrigrator, GripeWater, Xerox etc. in which the goods fall.

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You can apply on various categories permitted under the law The mark if it is a word has to be distinctive than descriptiveE.g. apple cannot be for apples but can be for computersInvented words get protection across the categories34 categories for products and 8 categories for services  

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A Dictionary Word can be given as mark to others in other categoriesIf it is an invented word the holder gets the exclusive right across all categoriesEg. INVENTED WORD‐ KODAK, DUREX

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You can use a mark without registrationIt establishes you as a senior playerHowever it only allows you to stop others of using your markRegistration of mark allows you to claim damages and profits of the infringerRegistration to be done with the Trade mark registrar 

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The test laid down by the Supremecourt is a person of averageintelligence with imperfect memory –Amritdhara case AIR 1963 SC 449.This test is followed by the SupremeCourt and by various High Courts allover India.

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Where the marks are different, but the colour scheme, get up and layout are identical, injunction has been granted in a suit for passing off.

Castrol Vs. Pentagon Lubricants – C.S. No. 327 of 1999 – Order of Mr. Justice A. Ramamurthi dated 22.12.1999. The Learned Judge observed that in view of the colour scheme, packing being identical, an ordinary person would assume that the defendants’ goods also emanate from Castrol.

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Beauty Cosmetics Vs.Kamil  cosmetics –C.S. No. 415 of 1998  Mr. Justice Akbar Basha Khadiri by an order dated 25th June 1998  granted an injunction restraining Kamil Cosmetics from selling Shampoo with a label similar to Nyle Shampoo label although the marks Nyle and Kamil are completely different

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Scientific Compounds Vs. Hanuman Cottage –(2001) 1 CTMR 403

Mr. Justice A.K. Rajan of Madras High Court granted an order of injunction in a suit for infringement and passing off on the ground that the trade marks SABENA and SUBEENA are similar, the colour scheme, getup are similar.

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Unique URL addressesInternet protocol started as a series of numbers that were difficult to rememberDomain names started being usedUseful mnemonic means of locating specific computers on the InternetWhenever human beings use a word to identify a business trademark law comes into play 

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Top‐level domain names Open (.com, .org, .net)Closed (.edu, .int, .gov and .mil)Unique country specific top level domain namesProposal to add more top level namesMost legal disputes center around Second level domain namesTwo identical second level domain names cannot coexist under the same top level domain

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Problems with traditional trademark lawIdentical trademarks in different businessesCan co‐exist in the real world, because no likelihood of confusion between goods registered in different classesDomain names are uniqueCan give rise to genuine disputes

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SimilarConfusing SimilarBlurring/Whittling away or TarnishmentCyber squattingPolitical cybersquattingPost Domain disputesTypographical errors

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The test laid down by the Supreme court is aperson of average intelligence with imperfectmemory – Amritdhara case AIR 1963 SC 449.This test is followed by the Supreme Court and byvarious High Courts all over India.

The test laid down by the SC is overall impression /comparison of the two marks. A side by side, word,by word comparison is not permitted. In the Parlecase AIR 1972 SC 1359 the marks involved wereGluco biscuits wrapper and the defendant usingsimilar wrapper although there were minordifferences like the Basket being held differently,the background, etc. Still the court grantedinjunction in view of the over all similarity of themarks.

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The Strength of the Plaintiff’s markSimiliarity Competitive proximityBridging the gap by the defendant Actual confusion between productsGood faith of the defendantQuality of defendant productSophistication of the buyer

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Point‐of‐sale: confusion of the purchaser as to the services or goods at the time of purchasePre‐sale confusion: when an infringing use is likely to attract potential customers based on the reputation of the owner of the markPost‐sale confusion: when the public, viewing the purchased goods or services, associates a defendant's goods or services with the plaintiff, regardless of whether the purchaser was confused

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Interstellar Starship Services Ltd V Epix Inc epix.comToys ‘R’Us Inc v Feinberg ‐ gunsareus.comAlta Vista Corpn Ltd v Digital Equipment Corporation –Alta Vista Site EngineMobil Oil Corp v Pegasus Oil Corpn

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Use does not infringe or dilute the senior User’s MarkAvoid using the proposed mark in contested regionsReach some sort of accomodation with the senior including a buyoutAlta Vista case redefined the Geographic limitations factor of TM in Domain Name 

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Panavision International LP v Toeppen panavision.com /panaflex.com Defendant had photos of City of Pana, Illinois and ‘Hello’ in Panaflex site‐The court decided Toeppen acting as a spoilerToys ‘R’ Us vs Abir ‐ toysareus.com  

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Amazon.com, Inc. v. Paul Horner ‐Case No. D2003‐0071‐amazon.com –amazonbook.netPfizer Inc. v. Jason Haft‐Case No. D2003‐0133fem‐viagra.com>, <fem‐viagra.net>, <viagra‐fem.com> and <viagra‐fem.net>

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Meta tags are HTML code used to describe the contents of a web site. Search engines retrieve results for Internet users by looking for metatags, keywords in domain names and actual text on web pages. The more often a term appears in the metatags for a site, the more likely it is that the web page will be found in a search for that term. International court cases have held that the use of another's trademark as a metatag leads to trademark infringement

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Search engines sell keywords to competitorsSearch produces results along with a banner or advertisement of the competitor Estee Lauder v Fragrance counterPlayboy v Excite

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Rodney D. Ryder Preconcept

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