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Godrej Consumer Products Limited v. Dhanraj Nawanath Sathe and Ors.

Bombay HC6 Aug 2015S/831/2014

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What is this about?

In Suit No.831 of 2014, the Bombay High Court allowed leave and, by consent order, decreed a permanent injunction restraining defendants from trade mark, copyright, and passing off based infringement of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.'s goods.

What did the court decide?

Permanent injunction restraining defendants from infringing plaintiff's trademarks, copyright, and preventing passing off.

Godrej Consumer Products Limited Vs Dhanraj Nawanath Sathe and Ors. — Bombay HC (2015) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

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SUIT NO.831 OF 2014 WITH NOTICE OF MOTION NO.1431 OF 2014 WITH

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LEAVE PETITION NO.279 OF 2014

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Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. … Plaintiff

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versus

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Gnyaneshwar Industries Ltd. and Ors. … Defendants

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Mr. A.H.Kane with Mr. Bharma i/by M/s. W.S.Kane and Co., for Plaintiff. Mr. Hemant Ghadigaonkar, for Defendant No.1.

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Mr. Vikramsingh Yadav i/by Mr. Vinod Chate, for Defendant Nos.2 to 6. Mr. Dhanraj Navnath Sathe, Mr. Vijay Trimbakrao Kendre, Mr. Jyotirling Pandurang Bansode and Mr. Laxman Mallikarunappa Tambolkar, Defendant Nos.3 to 6 present in Court.

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CORAM: S.J. KATHAWALLA, J. DATE: 6^th AUGUST, 2015

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P.C.:

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Petition seeking leave under Clause 14 of the Letter Patent is

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allowed.

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Mr.Yadav undertakes to file Vakalatnama on behalf of Defendant Nos.2 to 6. Defendant Nos.3 to 6 are present in Court.

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Heard the learned Advocates for the parties and by consent, the

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following order is passed :

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(i) The Suit is decreed against the Defendant Nos.1 to 6 in terms of prayer clauses (a), (b) and (c), which are reproduced hereunder :

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(a) that the Defendants by themselves, their proprietors, partners, directors, servants, agents, stockists, distributors, dealers and all persons claiming through them be restrained by a permanent order and injunction of this Hon'ble Court from infringing the Plaintiff's registered trade mark Nos.533230, 700508, 882687, 906405, 1269147, 1601694 and 1601691 all in class 05 by the use of the impugned trade mark “GOLD KNIGHT” and/or packed in the impugned packaging at Exhibit H hereto or any other trade mark / packaging deceptively similar to the Plaintiff's registered trade mark / packaging upon or in respect of the same/similar goods as those in respect of which the Plaintiff has secured aforesaid registrations or in any other manner whatsoever;

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(b) that the Defendants by themselves, their proprietors, partners, directors, servants, agents, stockists, distributors, dealers and all persons claiming through them be restrained by a permanent order and injunction of this Hon'ble Court from infringing the Plaintiff's registered copyright in its artistic work registered under No.A-60535/2002 by reproducing and/or publishing and/or using the impugned packaging shown at Exhibit H hereto or by reproducing and/or publishing and/or using any other work which is a reproduction of the Plaintiff's artistic work registered under No.A-60535/2002 and/or substantial part thereof in any material form or in any other manner whatsoever;

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partners, directors, servants, agents, stockists, distributors, dealers and all persons claiming through them be restrained from manufacturing and/or marketing and/or selling and/or distributing and/or trading and/or exhibiting for sale and/or advertising the impugned goods under the impugned trade mark GOLD KNIGHT and/or packed in the impugned packaging at Exhibit H hereto or under any other trade mark deceptively similar to the Plaintiff's trade mark GOOD KNIGHT and/or to the Plaintiff's said packaging at Exhibit C hereto so as to pass off or enable others to pass off the Defendants' goods as and for the Plaintiff's well-known goods or in any other manner whatsoever;

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The Suit is accordingly disposed of. The Notice of Motion

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No.1431 of 2014 also stands disposed of.

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( S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. )

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Godrej Consumer Products Limited v. Dhanraj Nawanath Sathe and Ors.

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