Giantlok Co. Limited v. Dinesh Kumar Modi Trading as Krishna Electonics and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, Original Side (IPR Division), IPDATM/1/2025, decided 11 April 2025 by Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur. Petitioner Giantlok Co Limited; respondents Dinesh Kumar Modi trading as Krishna Electronics and another. Subject: registered trade mark ‘Giantlok’, registration number 4192248. Respondent no. 1 agreed during pendency to abandon the mark to avoid litigation; respondent no. 2 (not named in the judgment) directed to take necessary action; petitioner gave undertaking not to pursue respondent no. 1 further; copy of respondent's letter kept on record; application dismissed as withdrawn. Keywords: trade mark abandonment, withdrawal of application, undertaking, consensual disposal, IPDATM, Giantlok.
What did the court decide?
No adjudicated relief; consensual resolution — respondent no. 1 to abandon the mark ‘Giantlok’ (registration number 4192248), respondent no. 2 directed to effect the same, petitioner undertook not to initiate further action against respondent no. 1, and the application IPDATM/1/2025 stands dismissed as withdrawn.