...'DROPOVIT' was descriptive. It was therefore reasonable to presume that it did not strike even the legal advisers of the appellant as descriptive. It was true that the word 'DROPOVIT' was coined out of words...commonly used by and known to ordinary persons knowing English. But the resulting combination produced a new word, a newly coined word which did not remind an ordinary person knowing English of the...original words out of which it was coined unless he was so told or unless at least he devoted some thought to it. It followed that the word 'DROPOVIT' being an invented word was entitled to be...

...word and it is a coined word by the appellant, over which the appellant is claiming proprietorship under Section 18 of the Trademarks Act, 1999. It must also be borne in mind that unlike SIXIT..., which is a coined word, SIXER is a dictionary word. The materials available before this Court, which are contained 6...Application No.4115377 is "SIXBY" which is also a coined word like that of the impugned mark adopted by the appellant and which is again a coined word SIXIT. 15.It...

...of common English usage, synonymous with "fundamental", whereas "ELMENTIN" is clearly a coined word, which has no etymological meaning. They sound different. ELMENTIN has three syllables, ELEMENTAL...has four. The concluding syllables - which are known to convey a distinct ocular impression when pronounced - are also different. ELMENTIN is a meaningless and, therefore, arbitrary and coined word and.... 2668081, filed by the appellant, seeking registration of the word mark "ELMENTIN" for a pharmaceutical composition of Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid, stands rejected by the Examiner under Section...

...applications for registration of the trade mark and had misused the judicial process by filing the suit which was not maintainable as word ‘Energic’ was not a coined word and was publici juris.The crux of...coined word and it is publici juris.The plaintiff did not come to the court with clean hands and concealed material facts from the court about the rejection of applications of the plaintiff for...taking away the right of the parties to lead evidence and to prove their respective claims in the process. It had on its own assumed that ‘Energic-31’ was not a coined word and was a publici juriswhich...

...familiar with. According to the plaintiff, the word PLASTINDIA is an invented/coined expression having no meaning in the English language or any other Indian language. The said word has been coined...user. The trade mark PLASTINDIA cannot be treated as descriptive word but is a coined/invented word which is the combination of two words Plastic and India. Admittedly no such word ‘PLASTINDIA’ finds...property of the person who first “coined”, or created them and adopted them for use, and used it in connection with any article the only reason why a hitherto meaningless word would be used by another...

...” is a coined word which the appellant claims to have invented by using elements of its corporate name, Satyam Infoway. The appellant claims a wide reputation and goodwill in the name “Sify...June 1999 with the internationally recognised registrars viz. the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The word “Sify...registration of its two domain names with ICANN on 5-6-2001 and 16-3-2002 respectively.4. Coming to know of the use of the word “Siffy” as part of the respondent's...

...records placed before me.The plaintiff has used the trade mark ALBEN as a coined word, which according to the plaintiff has no dictionary meaning. According to the plaintiffs, the said trade...

...word "Today" was not coined and there could be no claim to such generic term. The Court concluded that the word "Today" has not acquired such distinctiveness to be...of 2016 apropos the use of the trademark "Swadisht", which held that the word "Swadi" is not a coined word. In the case of "Marico Ltd. Vs. Agrotech Foods Ltd... itself is not in consideration but another coined word, therefore credibility or the standing user of the petitioner's trademark would not be necessary...

...impugned trade mark “ECOLEAN” is a coined word as well it is a part of their company's name. The counsel also pointed that the Registrar has dealt with only section 11 of the Act where as no finding has...

..., Senior Counsel appearing for the applicant/plaintiff that even if word “AAJ TAK” is descriptive in nature and even if it has a dictionary meaning still it is a coined word by the plaintiff and has.... In support of the contention that if the coined word even if it has dictionary meaning provides distinctive mark or trade mark and the person who has coined it or has been in continuous prior user...plaintiff's case in the plaint that the words “AAJ TAK” has acquired a secondary meaning and pleaded the word “AAJ TAK” is not a coined word. According to Ms. Singh the word “AAJ TAK” is dictionary word and...

...counter statement stating that the trade mark “CLAX” is a coined word and is continuously used since April 1999. The respondent's goods are tablets and are different from the appellant's goods as...valid and subsisting. The word “PLAX” is registered in various countries with or without the words Colgate Palmolive. The word “PLAX” was registered in India in the name of Oral Research Laboratories...have dishonestly adopted the trade mark “CLAX” for curing dental infections and tooth extraction. “PLAX” is an invented word and there can be no reason for the respondent to adopt a phonetic and...

...coined word has been stated in paragraph 45. What is required is to be seen is: Whether the word is a word of ordinary language, or whether the word is a fancy, invented or coined word. In the former...a coined word, the test is to see as to whether this word is of ordinary language. Learned Counsel for the defendants could not dispute that the word PLASTINDIA is not a word of ordinary language...fancy, invented, coined word the case is much easier, as a reference to the authoritative dictionaries of the language would clearly establish whether the word in question, exits in the language...

...public. They look different. "ELEMENTAL", as an adjective of "element", is a word of common English usage, synonymous with "fundamental", whereas "ELMENTIN" is clearly a coined word, which has no...different. ELMENTIN is a meaningless and, therefore, arbitrary and coined word and is, therefore, entitled to additional trade mark protection, as held in...appellant, seeking registration of the word mark "ELMENTIN" for a pharmaceutical composition of Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid, stands rejected by the Examiner under Section 11(1)(b...

...that the word "MATRIX" is a generic word whereas it is not so and it is a coined word.3.4. According to him the trade mark MATRIX was used in relation to telecommunication services..., the same is not eligible for trade mark protection. I, therefore, prima facie find that the word "MATRIX" is not a coined word.8. It is an admitted fact that the Appellant submitted...sum and substance, the word "MATRIX" is not a coined word, but it is a generic word. Both the companies are in the same industry, the services of both the companies are entirely different one. The...

...tours, travels and hospitality.3. The 2 suits concern the claim of the plaintiff in the mark ‘INTEL’ which plaintiff claims is a coined word, not existing in any recognised dictionary of..., software and telecommunications.4. Plaintiff claims that the word ‘INTEL’ is a coined word having a very high degree of inherent distinctiveness.5. According to the..., by stating that the word ‘INTEL’ is not a coined word but is an abbreviation derived from the words ‘INTernational’ and ‘ELectronics’. It is stated that the word ‘INTEL’ is commonly used for various...

...conceived and coined word “Marc” and started using it as its trademark as well as logo since 1981 and developed the goodwill and reputation under the above trademark and logo. The plaintiff had become...further submitted that the word “Marc” being used by the plaintiff as well as by the defendants was not an invented or coined word and it was only a mis-spelt form of the original word “mark” and word...the other documents showing that the trademark “Marc” was not a coined word and was a commonly used word by several other companies and manufacturers. A search from ROC has been placed on record...

...declined the interim injunction prayed for, noting that the word ‘Ananda’ is not a coined word. The word signifies ‘bliss’. The word ‘Anand’ which means ‘bliss’, has been noted to have its origin in...‘ANANDA’ as also is the registered proprietor of the same word as a trademark pertaining to ayurvedic and herbal preparations, toiletries, bread, biscuits and cakes. The appellant is in business since the...the Sanskrit word ‘Ananda’, which means ‘bliss’, ‘joy’ and ‘happiness’.7. The learned Single Judge has wrongly noted in paragraph 5 of the impugned decision that the appellant commenced...

...coined words or fancy words are not part of language.33. One of the earliest cases to decide that there can be exclusive appropriation of a name/word is a case decided by the House of...to be shown is, whether the word is a word of ordinary language, or whether the word is a fancy, invented, or coined word. In the case of the former, as in trade mark law, what is required to be...motion pictures etc., as it has acquired a name and reputation in the market place where such vendible commodities are bought and sold. In case of fancy, invented, coined word the case is much easier, as a...

...” is not a coined word which is distinctly associated with plaintiff. Plaintiff may be using “Century 21” with eye on future but is not the claim of the plaintiff that it is a word coined by it. It is...submitted that “Century 21” word was not a monopoly of plaintiff. Defendant started its business after 2000 and since it was dawn of 21st century, he used “Century 21” as part of his corporate name. He...