Decided On: 20.10.2009 Facts of the Case: Plaintiff was the largest brand of soft drinks operating in 200 countries. Defendant No.1, which was earlier known as Aqua Minerals Pvt. Ltd., was a part of Parle group of Industries. The owners of defendant, Mr. Ramesh Chauhan and Mr. Prakash Chauhan, on September 18, 1993, sold the […]
Satyam Infoway Ltd vsSiffynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Citation: 2004 Supp(2) SCR 465 Decided On: 06.05.2004 Facts of the Case: The appellant which was incorporated in 1995 registered several domain names like www.sifynet, www.sifymall.com, www.sifyrealestate.com etc. in June 1999 with the internationally recognised Registrars, viz the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The word […]
Bajaj Auto Ltd vs. TVS Motor Company Limited
Facts of the Case: There were two suits in this case. One by the plaintiff Bajaj Auto Limited which filed a suit under Section 108 of the Patents Act, 1970 for the relief of permanent injunction in respect of the plaintiff’s patent and/or from using the technology/invention described in the said patent and/or manufacturing, marketing, […]
Case No.: Interim Application No. 7259 of 2016 in CS (Comm) No. 707 of 2016 Order dated: 31st May 2018 Facts of the case: Plaintiff No. 1 H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Sweden is the proprietor of the trade marks H&M and the Plaintiff No. 2 H & M Hennes & Mauritz Retail […]
Patel Field Marshal Agencies and Ors. (Appellants) Vs. P.M. Diesels Ltd. and Ors. (Respondent)
Court: Supreme Court of India Case No. Civil Appeal Nos. 4767-4769 of 2001, Civil Appeal No. 19937 of 2017 (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No. 1851 of 2009), Civil Appeal No. 19938 of 2017 (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No. 27309 of 2012) and S.L.P. (C) No. 30121 of 2012. Order dated: 29.11.2017 The relevant […]
Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. v. Kamat Hotels (India) Ltd
The petitioner – ‘Royal Orchid Hotels Limited’ got registration of its trademark `Royal Orchid’ and ‘Royal Orchid Hotels’ in class 16 sometime in the year 2005. The aforesaid registration was challenged by the Respondent No.1 before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (for short, ‘IPAB’) which dismissed the challenge on 04.10.2011. The respondent No.1 approached the High Court of Madras by instituting Writ Petition Nos.26544-26545 of 2011, which was dismissed by the High Court on 07.02.2014. The special leave petition against the order of the High Court was also dismissed by this Court on 01.09.2014. The dispute with regard to registration of the trademarks ‘Royal Orchid’ and Royal Orchid Hotels in class 16, therefore, has attained finality institute.
