Former Shark Tank India decide Ashneer Grover, identified for his mercurial manner on the present, is within the information after he trademarked his identify. The event was confirmed by Delhi Excessive Courtroom lawyer Aditi Tuteja, who specialises in IP rights and logos.
Tuteja shared the replace with the certificates of the identical in a publish on LinkedIn. She stated that Grover’s identify was efficiently registered as an mental property below class 41 of the Commerce Marks Act 1999.
She talked about in her publish that the trademark “not solely strengthens their model id but in addition expands their industrial attain past leisure.”
She additional famous that celeb logos are a fancy concern in India. Tuteja, nonetheless, added: “The logos Act,1999 doesn’t explicitly deal with them,however celebrities can leverage current legal guidelines and court docket rulings to guard their identify and picture.”
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom lawyer additionally talked about that many celebrities similar to Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kajol, Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan have efficiently trademarked their names.
Quickly after this announcement, netizens had been fast to take potshots at Grover. Some even questioned that does it imply another particular person cannot use the identify Ashneer.
“It is best to have trademarked your dialogue ‘Ye sab doglapan hai’,” a consumer commented.
“Now Sony TV should pay royalties for utilizing the identify of Ashneer sir and tagging him in YouTube movies for the views. Good step sir. Naam ke paise bhi milne chahiye,” a second consumer stated in jest.
“Yahi bakwas karte raho,” a 3rd consumer commented. “To all future Grover mother and father, don’t identify your children as Ashneer anymore (sic),” a fourth consumer wrote.
“This sounds loopy. Does this imply that another particular person on this earth by the identify ‘Ashneer Grover’ wouldn’t have the ability to earn his livelihood in these said fields. If that is true, it’s certainly absurd,” one other consumer requested.