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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATHIBA M.SINGH
Disruptive Health Solutions Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Registrar of Trade Marks – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. trademark application details and context (Para 1 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. arguments regarding trademark descriptiveness (Para 5 , 6) |
| 3. distinctiveness spectrum and legal standards (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. assessment of the distinctiveness of the mark (Para 12) |
| 5. court's final order and directions (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
JUDGMENT
Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)--The present appeal under section 91 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (hereinafter `Act') has been filed challenging the impugned order dated 8th December, 2021 passed by the Senior Examiner of Trade Marks. By the impugned order, trade mark application of the Appellant bearing no. 3942420 in Class 10 for the mark `HEALTHSKOOL' has been rejected by the Respondent under Section 9(1)(b) of the Act on the ground that the mark is descriptive. The case of the Appellant is that the mark `HEALTHSKOOL' in respect of products falling in Class 10 being bandages, condoms, surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes and teeth, orthopaedic articles suture materials etc is not descriptive in any manner. Ld. Counsel for the Appellant submits that the Appellant already had other registrations
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The main legal point established in the judgment is that a mark cannot be dissected into its individual parts while examining its entitlement to registration, and the distinction between lack of dist....
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The central legal point established in the judgment is that descriptive marks can be registered under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 if they acquire secondary meaning, and the distinctiveness of marks and....
The distinctiveness acquired through extensive use and global presence of a trademark should be considered in the registration process.
The main legal point established is that the rejection of a trademark application based on lack of distinctiveness should be supported by sustainable facts and law, and the applicant should be given ....
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