Landmark Judgments on Trade Marks Law
 

Law & Justice’s Landmark Judgments on Trade Marks Law – 1st Edition, 2025 is a well-curated legal compendium that brings together the most notable and authoritative judicial decisions shaping the evolution of Trade Marks Law in India. This essential volume serves as a ready reference for legal practitioners, IP professionals, academicians, and students looking to understand the jurisprudential developments and judicial reasoning behind key trademark verdicts.

Covering landmark rulings from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and IPAB (now merged with High Courts), this book provides case summaries, legal principles, contextual analysis, and statutory references, making it a comprehensive and reliable source on Indian trademark law.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Collection of Landmark Cases: Features seminal judgments that have significantly influenced Indian trademark law, including decisions on registrability, infringement, passing off, deceptive similarity, well-known marks, and comparative advertising.

• Structured Case Digest Format: Each judgment is presented with case citation, brief facts, legal issues, court’s findings, and applicable legal provisions, ensuring ease of understanding and quick reference.

• Interpretation of Key Legal Principles: Analyses judicial interpretations of Sections 9, 11, 29, and 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and their application to real-world disputes.

• Coverage of Precedents Under Common Law and Statutory Law: Incorporates cases from the pre-1999 Act era and post-1999 Act regime, reflecting the legal continuity and transformation of Indian IP law.

• Recent & Relevant Judgments: Updated with judgments up to 2025, including recent cases that have influenced digital brand protection, online infringement, and domain name disputes.

• Academic and Practical Utility: Ideal for use by litigators, law firms, corporate legal departments, law professors, and students pursuing IP law or preparing for judicial service and UGC-NET exams.

Why This Book is Essential:

• Decoding the Evolution of Trade Marks Law: Offers an in-depth understanding of how courts have interpreted brand protection, consumer confusion, goodwill, and distinctive character in varied contexts.

• Legal Clarity Through Real Cases: Enhances conceptual clarity by demonstrating how statutory provisions are applied in practice to resolve trademark disputes.

• Valuable Research Tool for IP Practitioners: Enables quick access to authoritative citations and judicial reasoning, aiding in legal drafting, research, and argumentation.

• Supports Exam Preparation & Academic Work: A helpful resource for students of LL.B., LL.M., and diploma programs in IPR, offering case-based learning and exam-relevant material.

• First Edition with Updated Insights: As a first edition release, it brings fresh perspectives and a modern outlook on India’s evolving trademark jurisprudence.

Law & Justice’s Landmark Judgments on Trade Marks Law – 1st Edition, 2025 is a vital legal digest that captures the essence of judicial thinking on trademarks in India. Whether you're a practicing lawyer, academic, IP consultant, or law student, this book delivers the precedential knowledge and interpretive depth needed to master the subject of trademark litigation and protection.