• Specific case laws and problem oriented questions, questions very specific to the

provision in the Act.

• To the point answers, do not be vague.
• Focus on asynchronous questions and material in google classroom.
• Write Ratios when asked about a specific cases
• Skipped detailed explanation of facts, concentrate on issue, ruling of the court,
ratio and can also add something on significance of judgement.

Unit-1
• Article 2 and 3 only
• Article 2-Three functions of trademark and sub-topics
• Article 3- Focus only on benefits of trademark (can skip costs of trademark)

UNIT-2
• Int’l Registration of Trademark- Madrid Protocol, Provisions in TM Act.
Provisions will be told next week
UNIT-3
• 2(1)(m), 2(1)(zb), graphical representation and distinctiveness
Application based question as to what constitutes a mark/trademark.(subject matter of
trademark)
Also cover non-conventional trademark
(color, smell, sound) ( sieckmann criteria)

• Subject matter of TM protection

Color mark- Nestle vs Cadbury UK Ltd and Qualitex Co vs Jacobson Products Co
Tradedress protection cases- Colgate Palmolive India vs Anchor beauty
Sound Mark- Shield Mark BV vs Joost Kist
( Changes in sound mark, tm rules 2017 in India)
Design as a mark? - Crocs Inc USA vs Aqualite India Ltd.

• Classification of Marks
Trademark, Service Mark, Certification mark, and Collective Mark
(Read Tea Board of Assam Case)

Distinctiveness- Section 9( all 3 sub-clauses)

• Big Tree Entertainment vs Brainseeds Sportainment pvt ltd
• Nandhini Deluxe vs Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd.
• Shoe Branding Europe vs. Adidas
Sepectrum of distinctiveness, acquired distinctiveness and inherent distinctiveness
Dish TV vs Prasar Bharati
Section 9(2) READ

Well-known mark(read article in google classroom)

Section 11 cases-
NR Dongre vs. Whirlpool Case
Jolen Inc vs. Shoban Lal

Honest Concurrent use( focus on application on educational institutes)

Turning point institute vs Turning point
Goenka Institution of education and research vs. Anjani Kumar Goenka
Educare Ltd vs S.K Sachdev

UNIT-4
Assignment and Licensing- Section 37,38, 39,40,41,42,43,44,45(chapter 5)
Can trademark be assigned with or without goodwill- Associated electronic and
industries pvt ltd vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax.

Chapter 6 (Sections 48,49,50)- Naked Licensing ( Barca America case, Free Cycle
case, Dawn Donut case)
Whether Sub-licensing is permitted under TM Act (Spicyip articles) Refer to the
relevant provisions.
Different types of TM licensing

UNIT- 5
Section 29 till clause 5 - VIP
Deceptive similarity cases
Passing off cases- Erven Warnik vs Townend case, Reckitt and Coleman Case
Indian Case laws on passing off- Mahendra and Mahendra seats pvt ltd vs Mahindra
and Mahindra Ltd.,TN Venugopal vs Ushodaya enterprises case
Section 34- Rights of prior user- A.Syed Mohideen vs Sulochana Bai
Can parody be considered as a defence to infringement – Read Article and Tata Sons
Ltd vs. Greenpeace International
(interpretation of expression used in the course of trade)

Dilution of trademark
M/S Arudra Engineers Pvt Ltd vs M/S Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd( Single bench
decision)
ITC vs Philip Morris case

UNIT-6
Comparative Advertisment (Cases Sahana dealt in class)
s. 29(8) and s. 30(1)
Reckitt Coleman vs. Kiwi Case, Havells India Ltd vs Amritanshu khaitan and ors.,
Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. vs Hindustan Unileverltd.

Domain Name Registration

Yahoo Inc vs. Akash Arora
Satyam Infovale Ltd vs. Siffy net solutions pvt ltd.
Parallel Import- next week