IP Case Digest · Trade Marks

Vardhman Holdings Limited v. The Registrar of Trade Marks, C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 42/2022

Case number
C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 42/2022
Date of judgment
Judge
Sanjeev Narula
Outcome
Set aside

Headnote

A one-line refusal under sections 9 and 11. The identical mark was already registered to the applicant in three other classes and in use since 1988, two of the three citations belonged to a sister concern in the same group of companies which had no objection, and the third had been abandoned after the applicant opposed it.

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Disposition

Allowed. Impugned order set aside, subject to the filing of a no-objection certificate.

Headnote by BRB Legal, written from the judgment: a summary for reference, not legal advice. Read the judgment itself before relying on it.