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Restoring Lapsed Trademarks: Rajinder Singh v. Registrar
The Delhi High Court's ruling in Rajinder Singh v. Registrar of Trade Marks underscores the mandatory obligation of the Registry to ensure proper service of renewal notices under Section 25(3). When the Registry fails to update address records and sends notices to defunct addresses, it cannot rely on its own procedural errors to extinguish a proprietor's rights. This case adds to a growing list of precedents where courts have intervened to restore marks lapsed due to administrative negligence, ensuring that commercial rights remain protected against bureaucratic failures in the trademark renewal process.