Month: August 2024

Bisk Farm secures injunction against Parle Biscuits in trademark dispute

Bisk Farm adopted the mark 'Top Gold' for one of its biscuits in 2005 and secured statutory protection through trademark and copyright registrations. Recently, it was noticed that Parle Products launched a new product in the same category under the name 'Top Gold Star'.

Parle Products has purported to infringe the registered mark of Bisk Farm ‘Top Gold’ by way of malafide adoption of ‘Top Gold Star’. The Court passed a stay order restraining Parle from selling and marketing their product under a similar brand name until August 27, 2024.

Tata Motors set to launch Tata Curvv in August, aiming to lead EV market

Vivek Srivatsa emphasized the importance of Kerala as a key market for Tata Motors' EV business. He shared insights into the company's efforts to enhance the charging infrastructure across various regions, ensuring a more accessible and convenient experience for EV owners. (Still from the video)

Vivek Srivatsa, Chief Commercial Officer at Tata Passenger Electric Mobility highlighted Tata Motors’ strategic positioning of the Curvv as a market leader in the EV sector, particularly in terms of market share in India.

US govt sues TikTok over child privacy violations

As per the Department of Justice (US), TikTok collected personal information from children without obtaining consent from their parents. (Image source: Unsplash)

The civil lawsuit is against TikTok owner ByteDance and its affiliates for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. In 2019, the US government sued Musical.ly (also owned by ByteDance) for similar violations.

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Former Google Search VP Lakshmi Shankar joins Together Fund as general partner

Lakshmi Shankar began his career as product lead - IBMS's Master Data Management, IBM, IBM Global Business Services where he was responsible for product direction and future product road map, product architecture and feature set, balancing sales/ marketing priorities with engineering constraints and supporting technical diligence for acquisition targets. He developed large scale solutions for the Retail and CPG sectors, using IBM e-Commerce, m-Commerce, Multi-channel and Merchandising solutions.

In his new role, Lakshmi Shankar will head the venture capital’s office in San Francisco, and will focus on investments in early age AI startups in India and the US.

Telcos fear TRAI’s new quality norms to raise costs, compliance burden

All Access Providers have been directed to comply with these directives and submit regular updates on the actions taken on the 1st and 16th of every month.

On August 2, TRAI released revised Standards of Quality (QoS) of service for access and broadband services which included penalties on telcos and network performance disclosures. The rules will come into effect from October 1.

The CMO pay debate: Are marketers underpaid?

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Are marketing chiefs just gaining power and not pay? Find out.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw steps down as the Director of United Breweries

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon, Asia’s bio-pharmaceuticals enterprise. Named among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, she is recognized as a global thought leader for Biotechnology.

Consequently, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw shall also cease to be Chairperson or Member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee, and a Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility/ Environment, Social & Governance Committee of the Board of the Company.