• Vaasawa Sharma

Intellectual Property Rights is the branch of law which protects the rights of creators, owners and inventors of literary work, music, inventions, trademarks, copyrights etc. It shields the exclusive rights of a person claiming the true and first owner of such work. This legislation plays a vital role to preserve the authenticity of every work. It basically covers patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, integrated circuits, biological diversity and so on. So IPR is not a concept which only exists in books of law rather it has practical applicability as well. With the advent of modern technology, IPR has gained popularity in Indian economy. This paper discusses about the law of passing off and trademark infringement in India along with landmark judgments. Trademarks are always considered a significant factor that constitutes Indian economy. Indian judiciary has delivered various landmark judgments which provided fairness to businesses as trademarks protects symbol, design, phrase or word used to distinguish different products or services. So, this paper takes into consideration all the relevant concepts related to passing off and infringement of trademarks.

Trademarks, Intellectual Property Rights, Passing off, Infringement, Exclusive Rights

"AN ANALYSIS OF PASSING OFF ACTION AND INFRINGEMENT OF TRADEMARKS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.2853-2858, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U91.pdf

"AN ANALYSIS OF PASSING OFF ACTION AND INFRINGEMENT OF TRADEMARKS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp2853-2858, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U91.pdf