S. D. Corporation Private Limited v. Hoabl Landbuild Private Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Trademark consent-terms settlement, Bombay High Court Commercial Division, COM. IP. SUIT NO.129 OF 2025; S. D. Corporation Private Limited & S D Corporation Holdings Private Limited v HOABL Landbuild Private Limited; SDCHPL Trademark no. 1525767 classes 36-37; THE IMPERIAL, IMPERIAL GOA, IMPERIAL; domain www.imperialgoa.com; HOUSE OF ABHINANDAN LODHA; Bainguinim Project, Tiswadi Taluka, North Goa; undertaking to withdraw rectification petition no. 277572 before the Trade Marks Registry; no order as to costs; disposal dated 5 May 2025.
What did the court decide?
Suit and Interim Application disposed of in terms of the consent terms dated 5 May 2025 with no order as to costs: Defendant acknowledged Plaintiff No.2 as proprietor/owner of trade mark no. 1525767 (SDCHPL Trademark, classes 36 and 37); undertook not to apply for registration of the words THE IMPERIAL, IMPERIAL GOA and IMPERIAL, the domain name www.imperialgoa.com or any identical/similar mark; accepted restricted use of those words/domain/logo only for the existing Bainguinim Project (Village Bainguinim, Tiswadi Taluka, District of North Goa), ordinarily in conjunction with the trade mark HOUSE OF ABHINANDAN LODHA, with a concession permitting use without conjunction only for the hotel located within the Bainguinim Project; undertook to withdraw rectification petition no. 277572 before the Indian Trade Marks Registry within two weeks and furnish the acknowledgement to the Plaintiffs; agreed not to challenge the SDCHPL Trademark or other Plaintiffs' trademark applications containing the word Imperial (subject to stated carve-outs); Plaintiffs confirmed no further claims against the Defendant in relation to the subject matter of the Suit.