Cannot infringe Apollo's trademark: Bihar doctor tries to run 'New Appolo Hospital', pulled up by HC
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The Madras High Court bench recently observed that the trademark "Apollo" was a well-known trademark in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector and it was entitled to the highest level of protection as the public at large associate the name "Apollo" only with the healthcare group.
With this observation, the Madras HC bench comprising Justice Abdul Quddhose granted relief to the Apollo group, in a trademark infringement lawsuit against a private hospital by a Bihar-based doctor. The Hospital run by the concerned doctor was named "New Appolo Hospital".
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