S. D. Corporation Private Limited and Anr. v. Hoabl Landbuild Private Limited Formerly Known as Lodha Landbuild Infrastructure Private Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Trademark consent terms; Bombay High Court Commercial Division; COM. IP. SUIT NO.129 OF 2025; S. D. Corporation Private Limited; S D Corporation Holdings Private Limited; HOABL Landbuild Private Limited (formerly Lodha Landbuild Infrastructure Private Limited); SDCHPL Trademark no. 1525767 classes 36 and 37; THE IMPERIAL; IMPERIAL GOA; IMPERIAL; domain www.imperialgoa.com; House of Abhinandan Lodha; Bainguinim Project, Tiswadi Taluka, North Goa; hotel use concession; rectification petition no. 277572 dated 15 December 2022; Interim Application (L) No. 2249 of 2023; withdrawal of rectification petition; no further claims; no order as to costs; suit to be disposed of in terms of consent terms.
What did the court decide?
By consent terms dated 5 May 2025: Defendant unconditionally acknowledges Plaintiff No.2 as proprietor/owner of trade mark no. 1525767 ('SDCHPL Trademark', classes 36 and 37); Defendant undertakes not to apply for registration of THE IMPERIAL, IMPERIAL GOA and IMPERIAL, the domain name www.imperialgoa.com and the logo, or identical/similar marks; Plaintiffs give limited consent to Defendant/affiliate use of those words, domain and logo only for the existing project at Village Bainguinim, Tiswadi Taluka, District of North Goa ('Bainguinim Project'), standalone use being barred and use required in conjunction with 'HOUSE OF ABHINANDAN LODHA', except that for the hotel located in the Bainguinim Project such conjunction is not required, which concession does not extend to any other hotel; Defendant shall not challenge the SDCHPL Trademark or other Plaintiffs' trademark applications containing the word 'Imperial' (with a carve-out for applications similar/identical to Defendant's own marks not containing 'Imperial'); Defendant undertakes to withdraw rectification petition no. 277572 within two weeks; Plaintiffs confirm no further claims; parties agree the suit and Interim Application therein be disposed of in terms of the consent terms with no order as to costs. No judicial order or finding of the court appears in the document.