Skip to main content
Back to News & Insights

Delhi High Court Order in Allied Blenders & Distillers

Download PDF
Thought Leadership
•
August 22, 2015

Abhilasha Nautiyal and Shrawan Chopra cull out the salience of the Delhi High Court decision holding the marks ‘Officer’s Special’ and ‘Collector’s Choice’ as likely to be confused with Allied Blenders and Distiller’s mark ‘Officer’s Choice’ for whisky.

  1. Principles for determining likelihood of confusion between competing trademarks
  2. Likelihood of confusion when marks have the same or similar meaning
  3. Storage and retrieval of ideas from memory
  4. Impact of different trade dress when the marks are semantically similar
  5. Principles of copyright

Continue reading for a detailed analysis.

This article was published on Legal 500.

Most Recent

News & Insights

VIEW ALL
News & Updates, Thought Leadership
•
Mar 18, 2026

First published by Lexology. Authors: Safir Anand and Sehr Anand Intellectual property Design protection Which IP rights are applicable to fashion designs?

Snapshot: intellectual property for fashion goods in India
News & Updates
•
Mar 11, 2026

IP Feast, a unique initiative conceptualised by Safir Anand, Senior Partner, Anand and Anand, has been featured in HELLO! Magazine. The feature highlights

IP Feast Featured in HELLO! Magazine
News & Updates, Thought Leadership
•
Mar 10, 2026

‘First published on BW Legal World’ By: Safir Anand, Mudit Kaushik and Sehr Anand India has strong design talent, ranging from local craftspeople to

Not Just Made in India – Designed in India The Budget’s Most Strategic Move
News & Updates, Thought Leadership
•
Mar 10, 2026

‘First published on BW Legal World’ By: Pravin Anand and Dr. Ajai Garg The Summit underscored a broader reality: artificial intelligence is no longer

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Law, Leadership, and India’s AI Moment