Recently, a commercial court in Pune refused to pass an interim injunction order[1] to restrain the Serum Institute of India (SII) (defendant)[2] – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, from using the trade mark “COVISHIELD” for its vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic. Cutis Biotech[3] (plaintiff), a Nanded-based pharmaceutical and medicinal products company operating since 2010, had filed the suit in the civil court on 4-1-2021, seeking to restrain the SII from using the trade mark “COVISHIELD” or any other identical and/or similar name for its Covid-19 vaccine.
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