Search results
Results from the Tech24 Deals Content Network
The Maharaj Libel Case was an 1862 trial in the Bombay High Court in the Bombay Presidency, British India. The case was filed by Jadunathjee Brajratanjee Maharaj, against Nanabhai Rustomji Ranina and Karsandas Mulji. The case was filed because of an editorial article which they published accusing the Vallabhacharya and Pushtimarg Sect.
Ruma Paul. Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was the first case to be decided by the Supreme Court of India on the issue of domain name protection, and dealt with two businesses employing variations on the same mark ("Sify") in their respective domain names. In the case, the Supreme Court pronounced that the Indian Trade Marks ...
It was as described as "one of the world's greatest financial scandals" and declared by the United States Department of Justice as the "largest kleptocracy case to date" in 2016. In 2015, Malaysia's then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channelling over RM 2.67 billion (approximately US$700 million) into his personal bank accounts from ...
In 2009, ITC (International Trade Corporation) gave Yam Seng the exclusive rights to distribute "Manchester United" fragrances in parts of the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia. In July 2010, Yam Seng was terminated because ITC allegedly repudiated the agreement by threatening to use another distributor and breaching the implied term of ...
MouthShut.com versus Union of India was a writ petition filed by Mouthshut.com, a consumer review social media company, and its founder Faisal Farooqui, [1] to protect freedom of speech and expression on the Internet. [2] In this case, they challenged Sec. 66A and sought modifications or nullification of IT Rules and Section 79 of the ...
Conflict of laws. Vita Food Products Inc v Unus Shipping Co Ltd [1939] UKPC 7, [1] is a leading decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the conflict of laws. The case stands for the proposition that an express choice of law clause in a contract should be honoured as long as the agreement was bona fide and not against public ...
National Herald corruption case. The National Herald case is the ongoing case in a Delhi court filed by Indian economist and politician Subramanian Swamy against politicians Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, their companies and associated persons. [ 1] As per the complaint filed in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Associated Journals ...
Reckitt & Colman Ltd v Borden Inc [1990] 1 All E.R. 873, – also known as the Jif Lemon case – is a leading decision of the House of Lords on the tort of passing off. The Court reaffirmed the three part test (reputation and goodwill, misrepresentation, and damage) in order to establish a claim of passing off.