PIL In SC To Ban IP Registration For Operation Sindoor

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court saying that there should not be any trademark or intellectual property filings for the term 바카라�Operation Sindoor바카라�, which is the name of India바카라�s May 7 military operations against Pakistan.  

Earlier this week, multiple trademark applications were filed for the name and logo. 

The applicants included Reliance Industries, and three others including one lawyer, who had appealed to the Trademark Registry for  exclusive rights to use the term 바카라�Opertion Sindoor바카라� for 바카라�entertainment, education, cultural and media services.바카라�

When the applications went public, there was outrage on social media, which prompted Reliance to withdraw its application. However, presently, there are 11 other trademark applications for the term. 

A Delhi-based lawyer, Dev Ashish Dubey has moved the apex court with his PIL filed through advocate Om Prakash Parihar.

Dubey바카라�s plea says that 'Operation Sindoor'바카라�so-named as it was a military operation in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack in which 26 Indian men were killed, many before their wives바카라� has a deep emotional value. This is true for 바카라�all country-men, but especially so for those who have sacrificed their lives for the country, and in the instant killing of innocent civilians in Pahalgam,바카라� says the petition. 

The PIL also says that attempts to trademark the name should not be allowed as it could be 바카라�misused for commercial purposes바카라� and 바카라�to take advantage of public emotions for commercial gain바카라�. It also adds that the Indian Trademark Act 1999 prohibits registration of terms likely to hurt public sentiment or that lack distinctiveness in a commercial context.

Dubey has urged the SC to stop the Trademark registry from processing the applications it has on record at present, and also to restrain others from filing any more.