CFA Institute v. Deputy Registrar of Trademarks, C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 123/2021

Case number

C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 123/2021

Court

Delhi High Court

Date of judgment

25 January 2023

Judge

Sanjeev Narula

Outcome

Set aside

Headnote

A mark that this Court had already held, in the applicant's earlier litigation, to have acquired a secondary meaning could not then be refused as devoid of distinctive character. The applicant also held an identical mark registered in the very class applied for, and claimed no exclusive rights over the descriptive part of the phrase.

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Disposition

Allowed. Statement of grounds and refusal order set aside.

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