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The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (GI Act) is a sui generis Act of the Parliament of India for protection of geographical indications in India. India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Act to comply with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property ...
The law of trademark in India before 1940 was based on the common law principles of passing off and equity as followed in England before the enactment of the first Registration Act, 1875. [3] The first statutory law related to trademark in India was the Trade Marks Act, 1940 which had similar provision to the UK Trade Marks Act, 1938.
Refusals cannot be based on formality requirements. Refusal by one contracting party is limited to its own territory and does not affect the international registration in other designated jurisdictions. [13] WIPO must be notified of any refusal within six (or twelve) months of the date of publication in the International Designs Bulletin.
The Hague Agreement consists of several separate treaties, [2] the most important of which are: the Hague Agreement of 1925, the London Act of 2 June 1934, [3] the Hague Act of 28 November 1960 (amended by the Stockholm Act), [4] and the Geneva Act of 2 July 1999.
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) generally known as the Indian Patent Office, is an agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade which administers the Indian law of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. [1] [2]
The Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) is a 1994 treaty entered into by a large number of countries establishing procedures for recognizing trademarks registered in other member countries. It operates under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization .
In Indian trademark law, the first user of an unregistered trademark has priority over a later user who registers the trademark if it can be proven that first use predated trademark registration. [7] Registering a trademark gives the owner the exclusive right to use it, unless another entity's prior use can be established.
Infringement may occur when one party, the "infringer", uses a trademark which is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark owned by another party, especially in relation to products or services which are identical or similar to the products or services which the registration covers. An owner of a trademark may commence civil legal ...