Rulings
HC: Use of “YEZDI” for footwear does not prima facie pass off as “YEZDI” for motorbikes
HC: Suit for passing off can be dismissed at threshold, if the pleadings do not disclose any case
HC: Single Judge not entitled to differ from/critically appraise Division Bench’s decision
HC: Pleadings to establish Plaintiff’s right cannot be struck-down as unnecessary before trial
HC: Use of the label mark comprising of the word “VERIZON” infringes coined mark “VERIZON”
HC: If invalidity plea found prima facie tenable, Court shall stay the suit to enable party to approach IPAB; temporarily stays
HC: Use of mark ‘DARZI ON CALL’ infringes two decades old label ‘THE DARZI: THE SUIT PEOPLE, 1981’
HC: Similarity of marks to be seen in the context of goods and customers to which goods are targeted
HC: Packaging of “Kaberi Mehandi Kone” infringes trademark & copyright of “Kaveri Mehandi Kone”; dismisses appeal
HC: The mark ‘MALABAR BAROMA” does not infringe the special biryani rice mark ‘MALABAR’ GOLD’