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The Central Government1 introduced the Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020 (“Rules”) simultaneously with the notification effectuating the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (“Act”) effective from July 23, 2020. Rules defines E-commerce entity to mean any person who owns, operates or man...

The Designs Act, 2000, Section 2(d) of the Act, defines Design to mean the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manua...

The concept of “deceptive similarity” has been widely recognised as a ground for trademark infringement under various trademark regimes. In Indian legal system as well, “deceptive similarity” is considered as a ground for not granting the registration of the trademark to an applicant by the ...