Trademark Cases - January and February, 2022

Several trademark cases were decided in January and February, 2022. We have compiled nine important ones among those for a quick read –

Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. vs B. Vijay Sai and Ors.

In this case, the Honourable Supreme Court overruled High Court’s interpretation of S. 29(4) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and upheld the order delivered by the Trial Court to be well-reasoned… Read More

Airtec Electrovision Pvt. Ltd vs Sunil Kumar Saluja

In this case before the Delhi High Court, the Single Judge initially refused the injunction based on visual/phonetic dissimilarity and the fact that the trademarks had commonly used words and prefixes. The Division Bench agreed with the Single Judge on appeal, and did not interfere with the injunction. This case cited some useful cases pertaining to common prefixes and descriptive marks…Read More

Moonshine Technology Private … vs Tictok Skill Games Private Limited

In this case, the Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction in the favour of the Plaintiff as the Defendant adopted the mark dishonestly…Read More

M/s Apex Laboratories Pvt. Ltd vs Axis Life Sciences

In this case, the Madras High Court passed an ex-parte order after having observed that the Defendant infringed the Plaintiff’s registered trademark ‘ZINCOVIT’ and tried to pass off on the goodwill…Read More

Timex Group India Ltd vs Mahalaxmi Enterprises & Anr.

In this case, the Plaintiff found that the Defendants were engaged in wholesale and retail sales of counterfeit watches in an unauthorized manner without any leave/license from the Plaintiff…Read More

Bata India Limited vs Mittal Footcare India and Ors.

In this case, the Defendants manufactured, sold and supplied identical products like slippers under the trademark ‘Boat’ with white font and background, which…Read More

L’oreal vs Haridas PA & Ors.

In this case, Plaintiff’s well-known marks “L’OREAL, L’OREAL PROFESSIONNEL, L’OREAL PARIS” were infringed. The Plaintiff filed a suit for permanent injunction before…Read More

Rica S.P.A vs M/s Skin Safe Industries

In this case before the Delhi High Court, the Plaintiff, an Italian company dealing in cosmetics and allied products under the trademark “RICA” since 1994 worldwide filed a suit for permanent injunction…Read More

Levi Straus & Company vs Braint Denims

In this case, the Defendant was engaged in the business of manufacturing, finishing, storing and selling inferior quality infringing goods bearing the falsified trademarks "Levi's", "Levi's (Housemark)", and "Two Horse logo" and the "Arcuate Stitching" logos or deceptively similar… Read More