In a decision delivered on 24th February, 2014, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) affirmed that a multinational company cannot claim infringement of trademark by a local Indian company purely based on international presence, unless they can expressly establish that their presence extends to India or precedes that of the Indian company. The appellant in the case is Jones Investment Co, an American company which uses the trademark ‘Jones New York’ internationally in relation to apparel, hosiery, footwear, etc. The...
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