IP Case Digest · Trade Marks

State Street Corporation v. The Registrar of Trade Mark, C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 166/2021

Case number
C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 166/2021
Date of judgment
Judge
Sanjeev Narula
Outcome
Set aside

Headnote

A composite device was refused as a combination of non-distinctive words commonly in use. Taken as a whole it had three elements: a set of atypical letters with no meaning of their own, a descriptive phrase over which no exclusivity was claimed, and the applicant's own trading name, already registered in several forms. The mark could not be dissected so as to deny registration.

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Disposition

Allowed. Impugned orders set aside; the Registry directed to process the application.

Headnote by BRB Legal, written from the judgment: a summary for reference, not legal advice. Read the judgment itself before relying on it.