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“The dominant feature of the marks WOW MOMO and WOW BURGER is clearly the prefix ‘WOW’, as the suffix in each mark merely refers to the food item in respect of which the mark is being used. The dominant feature of the two marks, i.e. WOW, is identical.”
“A commercial activity involves investment of capital, profit and loss and co-operation of labor; on the other hand, the professional service of rendering advice in law is dependent upon one’s own academic qualification and individual skill. These peculiar and distinctive features of the legal profession do not permit its inclusion in commercial or semi-commercial activity, establishment, or institution.”
“It shows blatant and deliberate design on the part of petitioner to continue to protract the trial court proceedings, which is with the obvious aim to frustrate the respondent into giving up the lis.”
“If such data is not preserved, there is likelihood that the same may get lost and may not be available to the petitioner in support of his defense.”
“The petitioner was not a person doing clerical or menial jobs but was a qualified graduate who had received specialized training in his field of work.”
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“The use of trade name ‘ALCHEM’ on the defendant’s packaging material in addition to the generic names is likely to cause confusion in the mind of customers of average intelligence.”
“Clearly when an unauthorized person files a petition of this nature for taking action against unauthorized construction, the said conduct is not only deceitful, but also misuse and abuse of the process of law.”
“The Parliament, though has enacted the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and has also framed Rules thereunder, however, it appears that the welfare measures, which may be made pursuant to the statutory obligations cast on the Governments under the said Act, have also not been made.”
“The State agencies, only show their defiance to the very objective of introducing provisions of Furlough/Parole and have no respect or care for the prisoners and their mental and physical health.”
“With respect to the bona fide requirement of the landlord, the landlord was only to make out a legitimate case setting out the plausible reason which are not fanciful and unreasonable to establish a bona fide requirement of the subject premises.”
“Section 278B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 creates a deeming fiction whereby both the Company and every person in charge are deemed guilty of the offence. The legislative intent is clear that the Company must first be arraigned, only then can its officers be fastened with vicarious liability.”
“WIPRO has been expanding into various sectors since the 1980s and has obtained various registrations for the ‘WIPRO’ mark in various classes with the earliest registration in the year 1991.”
“The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 is silent about any requirement of the landlord giving the details/ divulging anything qua the nature/ purpose/ disclosure of the proposed new business by the landlord.”
“The sisters executed the Relinquishment Deeds (‘RD’) to release their share in favour of their brother, and there was no economic consideration exchanged at the time of the execution. All the RDs were basically acknowledging the bequest made by the father in favour of his son.”
The audience may be influenced by the material posted by social medial influencers and thus even if the content is deleted after being posted, it would reach a large set of audience, leading to republishing of the same and sparking a debate, which eventually affects the victim.
Delhi Government has notified revised bail application rules requiring disclosure of prior criminal case involvement.
“The test reports and regulatory clearances from FSSAI and BIS prima facie establish compliance with standards for safety and quality of the Indospirit Beverages’ Product ‘BROCODE’.”
“There were serious allegations of digital frauds where complex technological mechanisms were employed to defraud gullible victims.”
An invention must show an inventive step over prior art. However, the Patents Act, 1970 lacks clear guidelines to assess this, leading Examiners to decide applications and oppositions in a rule of thumb manner, purely based on their subjective opinions. This is, clearly, a thoroughly legally unsatisfactory position.