https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=238045 Registered trade mark rights in the word mark "Aaj Tak", supported by prior use, were treated as conferring exclusive use in the registered classes and as prima facie proof of title. Identical adoption of the mark for news and related media services was found likely to cause confusion, amount to infringement, and support passing off, especially where the defendants led no rebuttal evidence. Registration of a newspaper title under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was held not to displace trade mark rights under the Trade Marks Act. The reasoning also supported deterrent relief through punitive damages and costs where misuse of reputation was established. en-us Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=238045 Registered trade mark rights in the word mark "Aaj Tak", supported by prior use, were treated as conferring exclusive use in the registered classes and as prima facie proof of title. Identical adoption of the mark for news and related media services was found likely to cause confusion, amount to infringement, and support passing off, especially where the defendants led no rebuttal evidence. Registration of a newspaper title under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was held not to displace trade mark rights under the Trade Marks Act. The reasoning also supported deterrent relief through punitive damages and costs where misuse of reputation was established. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=238045