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7 March 2017Trademarks

India implements new trademark rules

The Indian government implemented new trademark rules in the country yesterday.

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17 September 2019   Indian trademark law follows the “first-to-use” principle. Accordingly, the right of a prior user of a trademark is recognised to be superior to that of a registered proprietor. Even registered proprietors cannot interfere with the rights of an unregistered prior user. This has been re-asserted by Indian courts in several judgments over time.