Can the law learn to smell change? Olfactory trade marks and the CGPDTM’s first encounter with scent marks in India
Abstract The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks’ recent acceptance of a trade mark consisting of the ‘floral fragrance/smell reminiscent of roses as applied to tyres’ filed by Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Application No. 5860303) marks India’s first attempt to register a scent trade mark and highlights the unresolved conceptual and procedural discrepancies surrounding olfactory marks in India.
Authors
- Anuttama Ghose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7210-4074)
- S M Aamir Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-0217)
Institutions
- Vinayaka Missions University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpag052
- Primary Topic
- Intellectual Property Law
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00