IP Case Digest · Trade Marks

Maharishi Patanjali Vidya Mandir Samiti v. Registrar of Trade Marks, C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 70/2022

Case number
C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 70/2022
Date of judgment
Judge
Sanjeev Narula
Outcome
Set aside

Headnote

Refusal under section 11(1)(a) and (b) set aside after the applicant converted the word mark into a composite device and offered to disclaim the word PATANJALI. The composite logo, with a book device, a stick figure and a tagline, distinguished it from the cited marks, and the disclaimer answered the objection that PATANJALI stood declared well known. Advertisement before acceptance directed under the proviso to section 20(1).

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