The Madras High Court set aside a 2010 Trade Marks Registry order, holding ‘nandini’ for agarbattis deceptively similar to KMF’s ‘NANDINI’ dairy trademark. Justice N Anand Venkatesh ruled the phonetic identity and presentation could mislead consumers.
The Delhi High Court has cancelled the ‘Activepushpa’ trademark, holding it deceptively similar to the earlier registered ‘Hempushpa’ mark. The court ruled that the mark was dishonestly adopted and could confuse consumers of ayurvedic medicines.
Wow Momo vs Wow Burger case saw the Delhi High Court rule that the word ‘WOW’ cannot be monopolised, as it falls under statutory exceptions to trademark protection, while rejecting Wow Momo’s plea for interim injunction against Wow Burger.
