Wishing all our friends, clients and colleagues a Happy Diwali! We celebrated together at ALG this year with a burst of colors, music and flavors. It was an evening of gorgeous and diverse traditional wear, great karaoke, office rangolis, and much laughter!
In the upcoming INTA Leadership Meeting 2023 in Houston next week, ALG Partner Ashwani Balayan will be speaking in the panel discussion on Standards of Eligibility for Design Protection. The Panel will be moderated by upcoming Chair of INTA’s Designs Committee Tracy Gene Durkin, and the panel will include other members of the Designs Committee, sharing practical examples and insights and comparative perspectives from multiple regions – Katja Middelhoff (Europe), Jose Carlos e Dias (Brazil), and Richard Stockton (USA).
ALG’s Sheja Ehtesham and Ashwani Balayan will be attending the International Trademark Association (INTA) Leadership Meeting in Houston, Texas from November 14-17. The invitation-only event will explore key topics and emerging issues – from IP in the new digital ecosystem to fostering an inclusive workplace. Ashwani will be presenting in a Panel Discussion on Standards of Eligibility for Design Protection.
If you would like to meet in Houston, please reach out.
A ‘Legal Issues Seminar – General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Vaidehi Gupta, Trainee Associate on “Do Defendants in IP Suits Have a Right to be Heard Prior to Passing of Ad-Interim Injunctions?”. The seminar focused on Court’s contentious engagement with ad-interim, often ex parte injunctions, including persisting interim processes and injunctions owing to substantial error. The seminar discussed multitude of cases regarding granting of ad-interim injunction orders, and affording the Defendants an opportunity to be heard prior to passing of such orders, thereby establishing a more assessed approach where it has allowed for consideration of ad interim or ex parte reliefs based on the specific circumstances of each case and not setting it as an impregnable rule.
The presentation can be accessed here.
Samreen Iboo Sait (Senior Associate) led a workshop on “Non-conventional trade marks in India – Filing and Examination”. The session explored the various non-conventional marks that have been filed or registered by the Indian Trade Marks Registry. The members deliberated on the development and expansion of scope of “non-conventional” trademarks in India. The members discussed the developing acceptance of non-conventional marks by the Registry and the various objections that could arise against an application for a smell mark, taste mark, texture mark and various other non-conventional marks. The members also deliberated upon the practical challenges of filing applications, overcoming objections and enforcement of non-conventional marks. The session concluded with Mr. R A TIWARI sharing his expertise on what elements are essential to allow registration of any non-conventional marks.
