Ashok Kumar Sethi v. The Registrar of Trade Marks, CMA(TM) 6/2023

Case number

CMA(TM) 6/2023

Court

Madras High Court

Date of judgment

12 October 2023

Judge

Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy

Outcome

Allowed

Headnote

A mark applied for in 1996 was registered in 2017 with retrospective effect. Renewal was filed in 2018 with fees for two blocks but only one was renewed, and the notice before expiry issued in July 2018 for an expiry in September 2016. It flies in the face of reason to expect renewal of a registration already expired.

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Disposition

Allowed. The Registry directed to renew.

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