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Google keywords and trademark infringement

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (541+ words) Hindware Ltd. has used the registered trademark 'HINDWARE' exclusively and continuously since 1991 in relation to sanitaryware and bathroom accessories. 2. Section 29(6)(d) TMA provides that a person uses a registered mark when he 'uses the registered trade mark on business papers or…...

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barandbench.com > news > google-adani-data-centre-will-not-affect-environment-andhra-pradesh-government-tells-high-court

Google-Adani data centre will not affect environment: Andhra Pradesh government tells High Court

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (347+ words) The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday told the Andhra Pradesh High Court that it is taking every step to ensure that the construction of the proposed Google-Adani data centres in Vishakapatnam does not affect the environment [Bolisetty Satyanarayana v. The State…...

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barandbench.com > news > litigation > supreme-court-urges-matrimonycom-jodi365-to-tie-the-knot-and-settle

Supreme Court urges Matrimony.com, Jodi365 to tie the knot and settle

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (567+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its disinclination to entertain a plea filed by Matrimony.com challenging a Madras High Court judgment restraining it from using ‘Jodii’ for its matchmaking application [Matrimony.com Limited v FreeElective Network Private Limited]. However,…...

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barandbench.com > view-point > hindware-v-google-and-the-us-divergence-invisible-keywords-visible-consequences-in-keyword-advertising

Hindware v. Google and the US divergence: Invisible keywords, visible consequences in keyword advertising

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) Both courts reason from the same starting fact. The keyword is invisible. The customer sees a competitor's advertisement, never the word that triggered it. Delhi treats that invisibility as irrelevant. Traffic meant for one trader is diverted to another, the…...

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barandbench.com > news > hotels-should-obtain-copyright-licence-for-music-played-through-cable-tv-in-rooms-calcutta-high-court

Hotels should obtain copyright licence for music played through cable TV in rooms: Calcutta High Court

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (437+ words) Hotels providing cable television facility in their rooms cannot avoid paying copyright royalties for literary and musical works merely because the cable operator has obtained a licence from the copyright holder, the Calcutta High Court recently held. A Bench of…...

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barandbench.com > news > phone-tapping-severe-intrusion-on-privacy-must-strictly-comply-with-law-chhattisgarh-high-court

Phone tapping a severe intrusion on privacy: Chhattisgarh HC calls for strict compliance with law

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) Telephone wiretapping is a severe intrusion upon the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution and strict adherence to statutory procedures under Section 20(2) of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 is a must for such an exercise, the Chhattisgarh High Court…...

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barandbench.com > news > litigation > supreme-court-seeks-airtel-vodafone-idea-response-on-centres-plea-to-restore-one-time-spectrum-charges

Supreme Court seeks Airtel, Vodafone Idea response on Centre's plea to restore one-time spectrum charges

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea on a plea by the Central government challenging a Bombay High Court judgment that quashed the retrospective levy of one-time spectrum charges (OTSC) on the telecom companies....

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barandbench.com > view-point > no-safe-harbour-what-the-telegram-judgment-means-for-every-platform-in-india

No Safe Harbour: What the Telegram judgment means for every platform in India

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (650+ words) Bar and Bench For the 150 million Indians who found Telegram unavailable on June 16, 2026, the six-day ban has come and gone For every platform operating in India, however, it will continue to cast long shadows The Delhi High Court's judgment upholding…...

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barandbench.com > columns > data-colonialism-and-data-sovereignty-re-visiting-colonial-logics-in-the-digital-age

Data colonialism and sovereignty: Re-visiting colonial logic in the digital age

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (788+ words) barandbench.com...

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barandbench.com > news > litigation > copyright-owners-isps-cannot-decide-if-website-is-rogue-delhi-high-court

Copyright owners, ISPs cannot decide if website is ‘rogue’: Delhi High Court

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (508+ words) The Delhi High Court recently held that neither copyright owners nor internet intermediaries can conclusively decide whether a website is a “rogue website” liable to be blocked [Home Box Office Inc & Ors v. Streamzy.to & Ors]. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani…...