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Format:

- 2 Fact-Pattern/Hypothetical questions: 10 marks each from copyright and trademark


- 2 Short essay questions: 5 marks each from copyright and trademarks
- 1 hour 30 minutes; case list will be given.

Syllabus:

1. Copyright
- Copyright Subject Matter
o Subject Matter:
 University of London Press v University Tutorial Press [1916] 2 Ch.
601
 Community for Creative Non- Violence et. Al v Reid 490 U. S 730
(1989)
 Apple Computer, Inc. Franklin Computer Corp.- 714 F.2d 1240 (3d
Cir. 1983)
 Computer Associates v. Altai Inc, 923 F.2d. 693
 Rogers v. Koons- 960 F.2d 301 (2d Cir. 1992)
 Ananda Expanded Italics (Req), re- 2002 (24) PTC 427 CB
- Criteria of Copyrightability
o Pre-requisites for a copyright:
 Originality
 Baker v Selden 101 U.S. 99 (1879)
 Eastern Book Company v. DB Modak (2008) 1 SCC 1
 Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service 499 U.S.
340 (1991)
 Walter v Lane [1900] AC 539
 CCH Canadian v Law Society of Upper Canada [2004] 1 SCR
339
 Fixation

2. Trademarks
- Topic 1: Concepts
o Introduction
 Definitions – 2(1)(zb)
 What is a trademark?
 Requirements of a Trademark – India v Global
 Functions
 How is it different from copyright?
 What is a mark?
 Can any mark be a trademark?
o Kinds of Trademarks
 Spectrum of Distinctiveness
 Case: Abercrombie & Fitch v Hunting World [1976]
 Descriptive v Inherently Descriptive Marks
o Introduction to Unconventional Trademarks- Nontraditional
 Scent
 Sound
 Colour
 Shape
 Taste
 Motion
 Design Layouts
 3D Holograms & Projections
 India v Global: Nontraditional TMs: UK (middle), US (liberal), India
(strict/no), EU (middle)
 Failed examples of nontraditional TM attempts
o Refusal of Registration: Absolute and Relative
 Section 9
 Parallel between Section 9 and Spectrum of Distinctiveness
 Section 12
o Likelihood of Confusion and the Polaroid Test
 Difference between “Likelihood of Confusion” in Sec 9 and Sec 11
 Average Consumer (& Category of Goods and Services)
 Cases:
 LaRoche v Manners (1970)
 Amritdhara Pharmacy v Satyadeo AIR 1963 SC 449
 Bollinger v Costa Brava Wine Co Ltd [1960] 1 All ER 561
 Loreal v Bellure
 Cadila v Cadila 2001 (21) PTC 541 (SC)
 Hoffmann-La Roche v Geoffrey Manners AIR 1970 SC 2062
 Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., Inc., 514 U.S. 159
(1995)
 Benz v Hybo Hindustan AIR 1994 Delhi 239
o Well-Known Trademarks (S. 11(2), (6), (7), (8)
 Role of international reputation in the recognition of well-known
trademarks in India
 Case: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha vs M/S Prius Auto Industries
Limited [2017]
 What amounts to sufficient business to claim goodwill?
 Territoriality principle and universality doctrine

- Topic 2 (till Remedies)


o Rights: Section 28
 Rights & Protection of Registered Trademarks
 Rights & Protection of Unregistered Trademarks
 Assignment and licensing of both Trademarks
o Passing Off
 Kinds of Passing Off
 Cases: Reckitt & Colman v Borden [1990] 1 All E.R. 873, Benz v
Hybo Hindustan AIR 1994 Delhi 239
 Classical trinity test (triple identity test)
 Can a claim of passing off be made against a registered trademark?
 Case: Toyota v Prius
o Infringement: Section 29
 Different ways in which infringement occurs
 Comparision between sub-provisions (1), (2), & (4) of Section 29
 Comparision between sub-provisions (7), (8), & (9) of Section 29
 Comparision between Infringement and Passing Off
 Case: Pepsi v Coca Cola
 Case: Balkrishna Hatcheries v Nandos Int’l Ltd [2007]
 Difference between infringement and passing off
o Trademark Dilution [Section 29 (4)]
 Blurring
 Tarnishment
 Case: ITC v. Philip Morris Products [2010]
o Comparative Advertisement and Disparagement [Section 29 (8)]
 Case: HUL v Amul [2017]
o Exceptions to Infringement
 Defenses:
 Honest and concurrent use
 Acquiescence
 Exhaustion
 Case:
 Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. vs. Haute Diggity Dog, LLC, 507
F.3d 252 (4th Cir. 2007),
 Mattel v MCA Records
 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV vs Remington Consumer
Products Ltd, JUDGMENT OF 18. 6. 2002 — CASE C-299/9
 TATA Sons v. Greenpeace Intl., IA No 9089/2010 in CS (OS)
1407/2010
o Remedies for infringement: Civil and Criminal Remedies

3. NOT COMING
- Economic and Moral Rights
- Fair Use
- Fair Dealing
- Section 52
- Infringement
- Topic 3: Registration of Trademarks
o Registration Procedure
 Section 18 – 26
 Application
 How do you get an unconventional trademark?
 Doctrine of Functionality
 Duration, renewal, removal, Abandonment, and restoration
- Topic 4: International Trademark Instruments
- Topic 5: GI

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