Abstract
THE year in which an amending Trade Marks Bill is passing through Parliament in England is singularly appropriate for the appearance of a book on trade marks in India. The book is not only in itself an excellent and comprehensive guide to English trade mark law, but is also a most powerful argument for the trade mark legislation in India that its author desires. The position to-day in India is very much the same as it was in England before 1875 ; the owner of a trade mark can only attempt to protect his rights by a cumbrous passing-off action or by invoking the Indian Merchandise Marks Act, under which the onus is on him to prove his entitlement, and a successful action can give him neither damages nor an injunction.
The Law of Trade and Merchandise Marks in India
By Dr. S. Venkateswaran. Pp. lxxx + 767. (Madras: Madras Law Journal Office, Mylapore; Calcutta: Law Book Co., 1937.) 20 rupees.
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The Law of Trade and Merchandise Marks in India. Nature 140, 342–343 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140342a0
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