Indian Supreme Court: Names of gods or holy books cannot be trademarked.
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Supreme Court: Gods, religious texts can’t be trademarked
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Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Published:November 25, 2015 12:38 am
The Supreme Court has ruled that names of gods or holy books cannot be trademarked to sell goods and services. A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice N V Ramana also said that allowing such a thing could offend people’s sensibilities.
“There are many holy and religious books like Quran, Bible, Guru Granth Sahib, Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as to whether any person can claim the name of a holy or religious book as a trademark for goods or services marketed by him is clearly ‘no’,” said the bench. The bench said as per the law, one cannot take advantage of gods and goddesses to sell products.
The bench was hearing an appeal by Lal Babu Priyadarshi from Patna, who sought to trademark the word ‘Ramayan’ to sell incense sticks and perfumes.
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Indian Supreme Court: Names of gods or holy books cannot be trademarked
The following is relevant to Scientology in India, worldwide, and the reasoning of the Moscow Court's decision against Scientology.
Supreme Court: Gods, religious texts can’t be trademarked
http://ift.tt/1Ns2GC1
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Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Published:November 25, 2015 12:38 am
The Supreme Court has ruled that names of gods or holy books cannot be trademarked to sell goods and services. A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice N V Ramana also said that allowing such a thing could offend people’s sensibilities.
“There are many holy and religious books like Quran, Bible, Guru Granth Sahib, Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as to whether any person can claim the name of a holy or religious book as a trademark for goods or services marketed by him is clearly ‘no’,” said the bench. The bench said as per the law, one cannot take advantage of gods and goddesses to sell products.
The bench was hearing an appeal by Lal Babu Priyadarshi from Patna, who sought to trademark the word ‘Ramayan’ to sell incense sticks and perfumes.
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