Use Of Mark In Trade Name Alone Doesn’t Amount To 'Trademark' Usage: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has clarified that simply including a name in a business’s trading or manufacturing license does not automatically make it a trademark entitled to legal protection under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The Court emphasized that trademark rights do not exist in a vacuum and must be established through visible, public-facing commercial activity. Court Rejects Claim of Prior Use The judgment came in the case Vikas Gupta…