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Spicy IP
House Marks without a Doctrine: The Unsettled Law Behind Flipkart vs. Marc
By SpicyIP
The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the injunction in Flipkart v. Marc has brought an overlooked trademark question back into focus: can a well-known corporate or “house” brand reduce the…
Spicy IP
One more shot at Keyword Advertising……. aaaannndd Hit Wicket!
On 22 May 2026 the Delhi High Court held that Google infringes the trademark HINDWARE by letting rival sanitary ware sellers bid on that word as a Google Ads keyword.…
Spicy IP
Public Squares or Private Estates: The Delhi High Court’s Doctrinal Shift in Keyword Advertising
By SpicyIP
In a significant ruling in Hindware v. Grohe, the Delhi High Court drew a distinction between the use of generic marks and coined, source-identifying marks like “Hindware” as keywords, while…
Spicy IP
Repair, Remove, Replace: DHC saves the Repair Industry
The question of whether a refurbisher, after repairing a product, can remove the affixed mark and replace it with his own has generated a lot of discussion on this blog.…
Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
Patagonia x Pattie Gonia: Compliance, Consent, and the Relationship Underneath
A drag queen environmentalist builds a public identity that echoes one of the most recognized outdoor brands in the world. The names rhyme, the values overlap, the audiences intersect. Now…
Slaw
Federal Court of Appeal Comments on Non-Use in Response to Section 45 of Canadian Trademark Act
By Martin Kratz
The Federal Court of Appeal had the occasion to review the so-called non-use cancellation action under section 45 of the Trademark Act in the context of the acquisition of the…
SCC Blog
Bombay HC dismisses plea seeking interim relief to House of Mandarin Restaurant over ‘HOM’ trade mark dispute
By Soumya Yadav
Bombay High Court: The plaintiff had filed the present application seeking to restrain the defendants from using the impugned trade mark “HOM” or any other mark deceptively similar to the…
The HB Blog
Registering a Trademark in Japan: What International Businesses Need to Know
Registering a Trademark in Japan: What International Businesses Need to Know Because Japan applies a strict first-to-file rule, opportunistic filers often racing to register brands before the rightful owners can…
ILN IP Insider
Can a Difference in Punctuation between a Trademark in a Drawing and Specimen of Use be Allowed for Registration?
By Daniel H. Bliss of Howard & Howard
By Dan H. Bliss Suppose you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods/services for your business. What if the trademark on the specimen of use has…
ILN IP Insider
Can Trademarks Be Too Descriptive for Registration?
By Daniel H. Bliss of Howard & Howard
By Daniel H. Bliss Suppose you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods/services for your business. What if the trademark describes an ingredient, quality, feature, function,…