The Bombay High Court has overturned a previous decision that denied Yamaha’s trademark application for “WR,” citing confusion with Honda’s “WR-V.” The court criticized the Registrar of Trade Marks for inadequate reasoning and failing to consider Yamaha’s global reputation since 1990. The application will be reevaluated accordingly.
The Trade Marks Registry has withdrawn its approval for registering the trademark ‘CHUTIYARAM’ under Class 30 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The decision came on Tuesday, just a day after the mark was published in the Trademark Journal and two weeks after it was initially accepted. In an official order published on Tuesday, the Trade Marks Registry admitted that the acceptance of the application was a mistake and that the mark violated legal provisions under Sections 9 and 11 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
