INTRODUCTION Trademark protection plays a crucial role in preserving a brand’s distinct identity and empowers businesses to prevent others from using names or marks that are deceptively similar. A recent case highlighting this principle, Lay’s vs Jay’s trademark dispute involving PepsiCo’s well known brand Lay’s. The Calcutta High Court intervened
INTRODUCTION Gig workers became a prominent subject of parliamentary discussion during the 2025 Winter Session. Picture having full control over your working hours yet never being certain if this month’s income will be enough to pay the rent. Picture being labelled “self-employed,” but having no protection when illness or injury
INTRODUCTION India’s Parliament recently introduced the Central Excise Amendment Bill, 2025. This change updates the tax rules for tobacco and similar sin goods, like pan masala. It steps in as the GST compensation cess ends soon, keeping high taxes on these harmful products to protect government money and public health.
INTRODUCTION The Right to Disconnect Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 6 December 2025 signals a major shift in the country’s approach to employee welfare and workplace boundaries, the idea is to create workplace boundaries and mental health awareness in India. In an era where work follows employees
INTRODUCTION: THE CORE CONCERN Over the past decade, India has rapidly digitised, and with that shift has come a growing uneasiness about how personal data is handled. Mobile phones have become central to everything from banking and work to basic communication, so people naturally worry about who has access to
INTRODUCTION The New Labour Codes came into effect on November 21, 2025. The government of India implemented four key New Labour Codes, namely The Code on Wages, 2019, Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, replacing 29 existing
INTRODUCTION In a landmark step for non-traditional trademarks in India, the Trade Marks Registry has accepted an application by Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Japan) to register a smell mark for advertisement in India. The mark described as: FLORAL FRAGRANCE/ SMELL REMINISCENT OF ROSES AS APPLIED TO TYRES” (Application No. 5860303,
Rule 43 of the Trademark Rules, 2017 specifies the contents of a notice of opposition (Form TM-O) filed under Section 21 of the Trademark Act,1999, within four months of the trademark’s publication in the Trade Marks Journal. The rule requires the notice to include the application number and goods/services being
INTRODUCTION To understand Trademark Opposition, one must first understand what is a Trademark? So, Trademark is a sign, logo, or name that helps people identify a company’s goods or services. It builds trust, a product brand, and gives businesses a unique identity, for instance, the Nike logo. Section 21 of
The case of Anuradha Bhasin v. UOI (2020) examined the limits of executive power in imposing internet shutdowns and restrictions on movement in Jammu & Kashmir. This case applies the proportionality test (which is first articulated in K.S. Puttaswamy v. UOI) to restrictions on fundamental rights, and recognises that trade
INTRODUCTION Trademark protection plays a crucial role in preserving a brand’s distinct identity and empowers businesses to prevent others from using names or marks that
INTRODUCTION Gig workers became a prominent subject of parliamentary discussion during the 2025 Winter Session. Picture having full control over your working hours yet never
INTRODUCTION India’s Parliament recently introduced the Central Excise Amendment Bill, 2025. This change updates the tax rules for tobacco and similar sin goods, like pan
INTRODUCTION The Right to Disconnect Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 6 December 2025 signals a major shift in the country’s approach to
INTRODUCTION: THE CORE CONCERN Over the past decade, India has rapidly digitised, and with that shift has come a growing uneasiness about how personal data
INTRODUCTION The New Labour Codes came into effect on November 21, 2025. The government of India implemented four key New Labour Codes, namely The Code
INTRODUCTION In a landmark step for non-traditional trademarks in India, the Trade Marks Registry has accepted an application by Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Japan) to
Rule 43 of the Trademark Rules, 2017 specifies the contents of a notice of opposition (Form TM-O) filed under Section 21 of the Trademark Act,1999,
INTRODUCTION To understand Trademark Opposition, one must first understand what is a Trademark? So, Trademark is a sign, logo, or name that helps people identify
The case of Anuradha Bhasin v. UOI (2020) examined the limits of executive power in imposing internet shutdowns and restrictions on movement in Jammu &
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