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 ‘Operation Sindoor’, which is the name of India라이브 바카라 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 ‘Opertion Sindoor’ for “entertainment, education, cultural and media services.”

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.

Dubey라이브 바카라 plea says that 'Operation Sindoor'—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 wives— has a deep emotional value. This is true for “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,” says the petition. 

The PIL also says that attempts to trademark the name should not be allowed as it could be “misused for commercial purposes” and “to take advantage of public emotions for commercial gain”. 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.