ALG Partner Abhimanyu Kumar reports in the INTA Bulletin, the Bombay High Court’s order in Sanjay Soya Private Limited v. Narayani Trading Company [I.A. No. 5011 OF 2020 in Commercial IP Suit No. 02/2021]. The court vide its order dated March 9, 2021, while injuncting the defendant from using the plaintiff’s registered mark SOYA DROP and copyrighted work, held that unlike in trademarks, copyright registration is not mandatory to claim reliefs under the Copyright Act, 1957.

The INTA Bulletin titled “INDIA: Ability to Sue for Infringement—Trademark vs. Copyright” can be accessed – here.

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ALG has submitted Comments in response to the invitation for feedback on the ‘Draft Vision document for Phase III of the e-Courts Project’, which was published in April, 2021. ALG’s officially tendered Firm Submission (FS) is available here.

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ALG Partner Aparna Sreedhar reports in the INTA Bulletin the Delhi High Court’s Order in Designarch Consultants Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Jumeirah Beach Resort LLC [I.A. No. 7792/2020 in CS(COMM) 366/2020)]. The Delhi High Court, vide its order dated January 19, 2021, extended the ex-parte ad-interim injunction restraining the defendant, Jumeirah Beach Resort LLC, from making any threat to the plaintiff, Designarch Consultants Pvt. Ltd., in relation to its registered trademark BURJNOIDA or the logo or design of the plaintiff’s Burj Noida building.

The INTA Bulletin titled “INDIA: BURJ AL ARAB Building Design Not Unique” can be accessed – here.”

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ALG has submitted Comments in response to the invitation for feedback on the Guidelines for “Influencer advertising on digital media” – draft for stakeholder consultation, which was published in February 2021.

ALG’s officially tendered Firm Submission (FS) is available here.

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ALG Partner Ashwani Balayan, member of INTA’s Designs Committee, co-authored INTA Bulletin’s Law & Practice update on India’s Design (Amendment) Rules, 2021. The Amendment Rules, which came into force on January 25, 2021, amend the Design Rules with respect to adoption of Locarno Classification, recognition of Start-ups as separate category of applicants, streamlining of official fee structure, and address for services. Earlier, in November 2019, INTA had submitted its comments to the Draft Rules.        

The INTA Bulletin Law & Practice update can be accessed here.

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