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Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha Trading as Yonex Co. Ltd. v. Harshit Setia & Anr.

Delhi HC25 Nov 2024C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM)/154/2024

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What is this about?

The Delhi High Court filed a rectification petition under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The petitioner claimed exclusive common law rights over the mark 'AERUS' for badminton shoes due to prior international and domestic use. Upon respondent's consent, the Court cancelled the respondent's registration and directed the Registrar to rectify the register.

What did the court decide?

The trademark registration in the name of Mr. Harshit Setia, application no. 5548308 dated 28th July, 2022 in Class 25 for the mark 'AERUS', is cancelled.

Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha Trading as Yonex Co. Ltd. Vs… — Intellectual Property | Delhi HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 154/2024

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YONEX KABUSHIKI KAISHA TRADING AS YONEX CO. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Rima Majumdar, Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Ms. Saakshi Khandelwal, Mrs. Bindra Rana and Mr. Vikrant Rana, Advs. M: 9818202368 Email: [email protected]

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versus

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HARSHIT SETIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Devashish Bhadauria, Adv. for R-1. M: 7838743919 Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Mr. Amit Srivastava, Mr. Amlaan Kumar, Mr. Vinayak Aren and Mr. Jatin, Advs. M: 9871738029

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CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

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O R D E R % 25.11.2024

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The present petition has been filed under sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 for rectification of the trademark registration no. 5548308 dated 28^th July, 2022 in Class 25 for the mark ‘AERUS/

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’ in the name of Mr. Harshit Setia.

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It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner has conceptualized and launched a new range of light weight badminton shoes under a coined

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 28/11/2024 at 12:02:23

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mark ‘AERUS’. The said trademark has been extensively and continuously been used by the petitioner since 2015, with the earliest registration qua the said mark being in Japan in the year 2015.

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It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner has been

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commercially using the mark ‘AERUS/ ’ for its badminton shoes since the year 2016.

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Further, to obtain statutory protection in its bonafidely adopted

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trademark ‘AERUS/ ’ in India, the petitioner has also applied for registration of the said mark with the Trade Marks Registry, details of which, are as follows:

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Thus, it is the case of the petitioner that by virtue of prior adoption,

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undisputed, and uninterrupted use of the mark ‘AERUS/ ’ by the petitioner internationally as well as in India, the petitioner has the

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common law right to use the mark ‘AERUS/ ’ in respect of its goods in exclusion to the others. Thus, the present petition has been filed on the ground that respondent no.1 has obtained registration of the mark

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 28/11/2024 at 12:02:23

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‘AERUS/ ’ fraudulently and clandestinely vide application no. 5548308 dated 28^th July, 2022 in Class 25, which is identical to the

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petitioner’s prior adopted and used mark ‘AERUS/ ’ for identical goods.

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Today, respondent no.1 has entered appearance through his counsel and is also present in Court.

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Learned counsel appearing for respondent no.1 upon instructions from Mr. Harshit Setia, respondent no.1, who is present in Court, submits that the respondent no.1 does not wish to contest the present petition and has no objection if the trademark registration in his favour, is cancelled.

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Accordingly, it is directed that the trademark registration in the name of Mr. Harshit Setia, vide application no. 5548308 dated 28^th July, 2022 in

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Class 25 for the mark ‘AERUS/ ’, is hereby cancelled.

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The Registrar of Trade Marks is directed to carry out the necessary rectification in the Register of Trademarks, accordingly.

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The Registry is directed to supply a copy of the present order to the Trade Marks Registry, at E-mail: [email protected], for compliance.

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With the aforesaid directions, the present petition is disposed of.

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MINI PUSHKARNA, J

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024/kr

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 28/11/2024 at 12:02:23

Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha Trading as Yonex Co. Ltd. v. Harshit Setia & Anr.

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