https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185322 The dispute concerned rival claims over the newspaper title "Financial Times" and the interaction between press registration law and trade mark protection. The court treated the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 and the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 as operating in different fields and required harmonious construction, giving effect to the special regime governing newspaper publication. On the facts, the publisher's prior use of the registered title, the later trade mark registration, pending rectification proceedings, and the absence of convincing deception or irreparable prejudice meant no prima facie case for temporary injunction was shown. The State was also refused impleadment because no relief was sought against it and it was not a necessary party. en-us Tue, 19 Apr 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:08:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185322 The dispute concerned rival claims over the newspaper title "Financial Times" and the interaction between press registration law and trade mark protection. The court treated the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 and the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 as operating in different fields and required harmonious construction, giving effect to the special regime governing newspaper publication. On the facts, the publisher's prior use of the registered title, the later trade mark registration, pending rectification proceedings, and the absence of convincing deception or irreparable prejudice meant no prima facie case for temporary injunction was shown. The State was also refused impleadment because no relief was sought against it and it was not a necessary party. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 19 Apr 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185322