It’s an overly common practice by manufacturers/advertisers/vendors in local market retail outlets to put up popular celebrities photos/images in packaging of non-branded products. It is at its peak, particularly during festival of lights, i.e. Diwali. During the festival of lights,…
Introduction Trademark Infringement In India's pharmaceutical Companies is prospering, with tremendous expansion over the last few decades. The Indian government is working hard to promote this business by enacting and implementing laws that are in line with international norms. Intellectual…
Trade dress is understood to constitute as protection awarded to packaging or appearance of a product, it can also include shape, colour scheme protection or anything in appearance that makes the product distinguishable to consumers. This concept has originated from…
Vietnam is proposing to amend In Intellectual Property (IP) law For Protection to allow registration of sound mark, that is, sound acting as a trademark. A sound trademark, or sound mark, is a trademark where a unique sound performs the…
Introduction It is no news that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology have taken over the sphere of digital currency. But in this sphere of metaverse and blockchain currencies, the Ethereum blockchain has gained skyrocketing popularity with the evolution of Non-Fungible Tokens.…
Plaintiffs and counterclaim-defendants Mrs. Fields Famous Brands, LLC (“Famous Brands”) and Mrs. Fields Franchising, LLC (“Fields Franchising”) appealed from the district court’s order granting a preliminary injunction in favour of defendant and counterclaim-plaintiff MFGPC Inc. (“MFGPC”). Famous Brands is a…
Introduction The notion of trade dress is defined in Section 2(zb) of the Trademarks Act 1999, which defines a 'trademark' in broad terms, including shape, packaging, and color combinations, as long as they can be graphically depicted and identify goods…
Introduction Recently, a new trend of merging blockchain technology with the creative intellectual property via non-fungible tokens ("NFTs") had taken place. The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. The…
Introduction An integrated circuit (IC) layout design is the three-dimensional arrangement of the components and interconnections that make up the IC. An integrated circuit (IC) is an electronic circuit in which the circuit's parts are integrated into some media and…
Every renowned business has some products that they launch separately. They are launched either for a special occasion or simply the sale of first impression products. These products are named “Limited Editions”. These items have restricted production and remain in…