Ruling in Champagne Moet And Chandon v Union of India & Ors, Delhi High Court recently upheld a decision taken in 2004 by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) to not interfere with an order by the Deputy Registrar of Trademarks (DR) to allow the registration of the mark MOET’S.
The French champagne company Moët & Chandon had objected to the registration as it has held the Indian trademark registrations for MOET and MOET & CHANDON (in class 33 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958) from 1982 and 1985 respectively.
Origins of the dispute
A Delhi-based seller of meat products, M/s Moet’s, had applied in 1986 for the registration of the mark MOET’S.
Manisha Singh Nair is a partner at Lex Orbis IP, a New Delhi-based intellectual property practice.
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