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Delhi HC Bars Swastik Organics From Selling ‘Little Hearts’ Biscuits

Delhi High Court bars Swastik Organics from selling ‘Little Hearts’ biscuits after finding trademark infringement and consumer confusion.

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Brands

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Bata, Liberty Pleas

India’s Supreme Court has refused to entertain appeals by Bata and Liberty against a Delhi High Court order restoring Crocs’ passing off suits over clog design.

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Brands Companies E-commerce & Marketplaces News

Amazon Invests $ 1.2 Bn To Combat Fraud, Counterfeiting In 2023

Amazon invested more than USD 1.2 billion and engaged around 15,000 professionals in 2023 to defend the brand, its merchants, and customers against fraud and counterfeiting. Amazon stated that when a client purchases from the store, they believe that they will receive real goods and when companies choose to sell in the store, they trust […]

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Companies Export Feature News

Small Business, Big Impact: Harnessing MSMEs, Exports For India’s GDP Growth

India will have to leverage its sizable home market to become more competitive and scale up production to enjoy the benefits of scale economies Promoting the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), enhancing skills to build future workforce and larger exports, focussing on high-end manufacturing, taking digital India to the next level and promoting cleaner […]

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Brands Companies Food & Beverage. News

PepsiCo Wins Back Patent Right For Lay’s Potato Variety

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reversed an earlier verdict and ruled in favour of PepsiCo, enabling the firm to claim a patent for the potato type developed solely for its Lay’s potato chips. A division bench overturned a July 2023 judgement that affirmed the termination of the patent by the Protection of Plant Varieties […]

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Manufacturing National News

80% Of 5G Equipment Used In India Is Made Domestically: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Friday at India Mobile Congress (IMC) that nearly 80 per cent of the equipment used in 5G technology is produced within. He further highlighted that locally designed and manufactured telecom equipment is exported to 72 countries in the world. Speaking to the media on the […]

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Brands Companies Food News

Dominick Pizza Restrained From Using Name, Trademarks Similar To Domino’s Pizza

The Delhi High Court recently granted a permanent injunction, prohibiting a Pizza outlet based in Ghaziabad from using the name ‘Dominick Pizza,’ as it infringe upon the trademark of the multinational pizzeria giant, Domino’s Pizza. Justice C Hari Shankar determined that ‘Domino’s Pizza’ and ‘Dominick’s Pizza’ were phonetically similar, making the marks deceptively similar. The […]

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