New Delhi: No one can claim the names of holy books and scriptures like Ramayana or Quran and use them as trademarks for selling goods and services, the Supreme Court has ruled.
“There are many holy and religious books like Quran, Bible, Guru Granth Sahib, Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as to whether any person can claim the name of a holy or religious book as a trademark for goods or services marketed by him is clearly ‘No’,” a bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi and R.K. Agrawal said.
The Supreme Court also said that allowing names of gods or holy books to be trademarked could offend “people’s sensibilities”
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