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November 17, 2021

Legal Issues Seminar- General IP (LIS-GP) On ‘Whether “Invisible Use” Of Trademarks As Keywords Amounts To Infringement/Passing Off Under Trademark Law?’

Featuring: Sanjukta Kaushik

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Sanjukta Kaushik, Associate, on “Whether “Invisible Use” of Trademarks as Keywords amounts to Infringement/Passing Off under Trademark Law?”. The seminar delved into the legal complications arising from spamdexing and discussed relevant statutory provisions and judicial pronouncements on passing off and dilution of trademarks that are unauthorizedly used as keyword-meta-tags. The seminar specifically looked into whether the “invisible use” of trademarks as keywords, despite being covert, amounts to “use” under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and also explored the role played by the Doctrine of Fair Use in this connection. The session concluded with some interesting questions and inputs on the intent of use of such trademarks as keywords and the scope of liability imposed upon intermediaries.

The presentation can be accessed here.

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