Groundless Threats of Legal Proceedings: An Analysis under the Trade Marks Act, 1999
by Jawad Shaikh* and Aparna Chaturvedi**
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Aravind Kumar
Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, Justice Aravind Kumar, as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court initiated steps to tackle pendency of cases and initiated conversion of roadways buses into schools for poor children.
ASCI Guidelines on deceptive design patterns in digital media advertisements to be applicable from 01-09-2023
As ASCI’s ambit is limited to self-regulation of advertising content, these guidelines cover only advertising in digital media including e-commerce, airline, food delivery etc.
Madras High Court directs State Government to include photographs of PM and President in print/electronic media for International Chess Olympiad
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ and S. Ananthi, J. directed the State Government to
Government asks private television channels to follow ASCI guidelines on online gaming and fantasy sports
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory asking all private television broadcasters to follow guidelines issued by the Advertising
Madras HC | ‘Shocked by pornographic content in condom ads freely available for being viewed by children’: Court restrains telecast of vulgar ads and programmes
Madras High Court: The Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi, JJ., while addressing the instant matter ordered an Interim direction directing
Ayush Ministry asks “Patanjali Ayurved” to stop advertising/publicizing claims about Ayurvedic medicines developed for treatment of COVID-19
Ministry of AYUSH has taken cognizance of the news being recently flashed in the media about Ayurvedic medicines developed for treatment of
Cal HC | State to remove from all Govt. portals and facebook pages of govt. institutions and departments the publications that are Anti-CAA and NRC
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., directed the State to remove from all
Kerala HC prohibits publications seeking kidney donations even if they do not establish any commercial arrangement
Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K. Vinod Chandran, J. heard a batch of writ petitions dealing with permission
Advertisements can be comparative in nature, disparagement be restricted to gross cases
Delhi High Court: Procter & Gamble Home Products Pvt. Ltd. (P&G) – manufacturer of Head & Shoulders Anti-dandruff Shampoo priced Rs. 3
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting frames Policy guidelines for Central Government advertisements on websites
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting framed guidelines and criteria for Empanelment of suitable agencies and Rate fixation for advertisements on websites