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Relevant Acts and provisions
Trade Marks Act, 1999
Section 18Section 18(1)Section 34
Provisions considered: Section 18(1) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999; Section 34 considered.
Brief facts
Parle Products opposed another company's application to register the trade mark '20-20'. That company had applied on 27 September 2007 on a proposed-to-be-used basis. Parle applied for the same mark eight days later, on 4 October 2007.
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Cases cited
- Neon Laboratories Ltd. v. Medical Technologies Ltd.
- Mohan Goldwater Breweries Pvt. Ltd. v. Khoday Distilleries Pvt. Ltd.
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Keywords
Approbation and Reprobation Prior Registration Priority Proposed to be Used Section 18 Trade Mark Squatting
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