Trademark Policy

Haarohakki.com is your go-to drop shipping store, offering a seamless shopping experience by coordinating product handling and shipping services. We connect customers with high-quality products while ensuring efficient order fulfilment. This policy provides for an overview of trade mark rights and various legal issues that might arise when interacting and selling on Haarohakki.com. Haarohakki/Haarohakki.com does not encourage and permit such listings that violate the trade mark of registered proprietors. 

As frequently used in this policy, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” or “Haarohakki” shall mean Haarohakki or its successors-in-interest and such permitted assigns or its affiliates, as the case may be and the term “you” shall denote the customers (persons or entities) intending to purchase food and non food products on the Haarohakki platform. We require strict adherence to the policy at all times by the customer who intends to purchase products on this website and any non-permitted use of the Haarohakki’s mark in violation of the terms of this policy shall automatically amount to infringement of our trade mark.

The unauthorized adoption, copying, modification, use or publication of these marks is strictly prohibited. “Haarohakki” is a bonafide trade mark coined and perceived by the founders of Haarohakki and may be used only with Haarohakki’s express written permission. The only way to obtain permission to use Haarohakki’s trade mark is by entering into a written license agreement with Haarohakki signed by both Haarohakki and the licensee.

Prohibited use of our trade mark and trade marks of registered proprietors

• Do not remove, alter or distort any element of Haarohakki’s trade mark or branding, which includes modifying Haarohakki trade mark.

• Do not shorten, create abbreviations, or acronyms out of Haarohakki trade mark.

• Haarohakki’s trade mark shall not be used in any manner that expressly or impliedly denotes that Haarohakki has any affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, certification, or approval of your product or company, unless specifically authorized by Haarohakki.

• Do not display Haarohakki’s trade mark or branding in such a manner that in Haarohakki’s sole opinion is misleading, unfair, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or otherwise objectionable to Haarohakki.

• Do not display Haarohakki trade mark or branding on a site or on material in such a manner which is in contravention with any law or regulation.

• Do not use Haarohakki’s trade mark in false or misleading advertising.

• Do not incorporate Haarohakki trade mark or branding into your own product name, service names, trade marks, logos, or company names.

• Do not adopt marks, logos, slogans, or designs that are confusingly similar to Haarohakki’s trade mark or branding.

• Do not copy or imitate Haarohakki’s trade dress, including the look and feel of Haarohakki web design properties or Haarohakki brand elements, distinctive colour combinations, typography, graphic designs, product icons, or imagery associated with Haarohakki.

• Do not use or register Haarohakki trade mark as or incorporated in social media account names, profiles, or aliases.

• Do not register Haarohakki trade mark as second or third level domain names.

• Do not use Haarohakki trade mark in a way that suggests a common, descriptive, or generic meaning.

FAQs:

• What is a trade mark?

A trade mark could be said to be a word, design, logo or a symbol or a combination of the same that a company uses to identify its goods or services so as to enable customers and the public at large to distinguish the goods and services of that company from other companies’ goods and services. Trade mark plays a vital role in preventing customer confusion by clearly indicating that the goods or services offered belong only to the registered proprietor of the trade mark.

• What does trade mark law protect?

Trade mark law protects the reputation and goodwill of the registered proprietors of the trade mark by deterring non-permitted users from using the trade mark of the proprietor. The aim of trade mark law is to prevent customer confusion which is guaranteed by distinguishing goods and services of one registered proprietor from another entity’s goods and services. The registration of a mark provides the owner of the mark the exclusive usage of the mark to the exclusion of the public. A trade mark owner might be able to stop others from using a particular mark, which is deceptively similar or identical with the registered mark, if using the mark is likely to cause a customer to be confused about whether the product being sold is the trade mark owner’s product. 

• Do I always need the owner’s permission to use a trade mark in the creation of a product detail page?

No, merely because you are not the owner of a trade mark, that by itself does not denote that you cannot sell another entity’s goods. The trade mark law entails that mere dealing with goods of a registered proprietor of a trade mark would not amount to infringement unless the said person deals with goods of another person as his/her goods. Usually, the unauthorized use of a trade mark in the creation of a detail page is infringing only if it is likely to cause confusion as to the source, endorsement, or affiliation of the goods. 

• What is Counterfeiting?

Counterfeiting is a type of trade mark infringement, where a person unlawfully causes reproduction of a registered trade mark, or a mark that is very similar to a registered trade mark, in connection with the sale of a product that does not come from the trade mark holder, but appears as if it has been produced by the registered proprietor. It is necessary to use the registered trade mark on the product or packaging.

• Who can report violations of the policy?

Haarohakki shall take suo moto cognizance of any trade mark infringements or it shall investigate requests that are submitted or reported by the trade mark holder, their authorized representatives, by the buyers of the products sold on this website. 

• What if I did not know I was violating/had violated someone’s intellectual property?

Customers are expected to comply with all the Acts, Regulations, Rules and policies laid down by the Government of India and are also expected to adhere to Haarohakki’s policies. Haarohakki takes cognizance and claims of intellectual property infringement seriously. Even if it is found that a customer is infringing on someone’s intellectual property without knowledge, we will still take action and the buyer’s account might receive a warning or be suspended. You should consult an attorney for help to ensure that your business has the right procedures in place to prevent IP infringement.