ALG Partner Abhimanyu Kumar reports in the INTA Bulletin that the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) held a meeting with a four-member INTA delegation from the Trademark Office Practice Committee (India Subcommittee and the India Global Advisory Council) on August 14, 2020. The trademark office has, thereafter, issued a public notice stating that the show-cause hearings for pending applications would be conducted via video-conferencing in India. – accessible here.

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ALG has submitted comments to the Government of India – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, on the guidelines for Central Consumer Protection Authority (Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Necessary Due Diligence for Endorsement of Advertisements) Guidelines, 2020 vide No.J-25/4/2020-CPU(CCPA).

ALG’s official submission is available here.

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ALG has submitted comments to the Government of India on the Report for Non-Personal Data Governance Framework prepared by the Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan.

ALG’s official submission is available here.

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ALG Associate Siddharth Varshney reports the Delhi High Court’s Order in GS1 India v. Barcodes SL & Others [CS (Comm 147/2020)], in the INTA Bulletin in his article titled ‘High Court Confirms Barcodes as Certification Trademarks’ – accessible here.

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ALG Principal Manavi Jain reports registration of Jharkhand’s Sohrai-Khovar as a GI in the INTA Bulletin, in her piece titled ‘Ancient Tribal Artform Registered as a GI’ – accessible here.

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