In an important development concerning a recent order of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, the High Court of Delhi struck down Clause No. 3 of Office Order No. 16 of 2012-2013. This clause provided that “no request for amendment shall be allowed which seeks substantial alteration in the application for registration of a trademark. The substantial amendment in the trademark, proprietor details, specification of goods/services (except deletion of some of the existing
