New Balance Athletics Inc. Vs Findsatoshi Lab Limited and Another — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

New Balance Athletics Inc. Vs Findsatoshi Lab Limited and Another — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Cancellation allowed; Registrar of Trade Marks directed to remove the impugned trademark registered under No. 5402527 in Class 25 and rectify the Register of Trade Marks accordingly, within four weeks; petition along with pending application (I.A. 23994/2025) disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether Registration No. 5402527 in Class 25 (device mark) registered in favour of Respondent No. 1 should be cancelled under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the entry removed from the Register of Trade Marks.

Court's answer

In light of the affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent No. 1 (stating it does not wish to maintain the registered trade mark or contest the petition), the petition is allowed; the Registrar of Trade Marks is directed to remove the impugned trademark registered under No. 5402527 in Class 25 and rectify the Register accordingly, to maintain its purity, within a period of four weeks.

Ratio / Principle

The petition along with the pending application stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Trade Marks - Cancellation/rectification under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 - Registration No. 5402527 in Class 25 (device mark) registered in favour of Respondent No. 1 (FindSatoshi Lab Limited), challenged by New Balance Athletics Inc. - On 23.02.2026, Petitioner's counsel referred to an email dated 26.11.2025 from FSL IP PTE Limited giving its no objection to cancellation - Affidavit of the Authorized Signatory of Respondent No. 1 filed, stating that to avoid incurring costs it does not wish to maintain the registered trade mark and, without admitting the averments in the rectification petition, does not wish to contest - Held: petition allowed; Registrar of Trade Marks directed to remove the impugned trademark registered under No. 5402527 in Class 25 and rectify the Register accordingly, to maintain its purity, within four weeks - Petition along with pending application disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 229/2025 & I.A. 23994/2025

NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS INC .....Petitioner

Through: Ms. Anuja Chaudhury and Ms. Vanshika Bansal, Advocates.

versus

FINDSATOSHI LAB LIMITED AND ANOTHER .....Respondent Through: Mr. N. Mahabir, Mr. P. C. Arya, Ms. Vijay Laxmi and Mr. Udit Gupta, Advocates for R-1.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 12.03.2026

This petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (‘1999 Act’) seeking cancellation of Registration

No. 5402527 in Class 25 in respect of device mark registered in favour of Respondent No. 1 and remove entry relating thereto from the Register of Trade Marks.

On 23.02.2026, learned counsel for the Petitioner had referred to an email dated 26.11.2025 received from FSL IP PTE Limited, giving its no objection to cancellation of the impugned mark. Respondent No. 1 had sought time to revert with instructions and file affidavit in this regard.

Affidavit has been filed by the Authorized Signatory of Respondent No. 1, wherein it is stated that in order to avoid incurring costs, it does not

C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 229/2025

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wish to maintain the registered trade mark bearing Registration No. 5402527

in Class 25 in respect of device mark registered in favour of Respondent No. 1. It is further stated that without admitting any of the averments made in the rectification petition, Respondent No.1 does not wish to contest the petition and accordingly the registered trademark be removed from the Trade Mark Register and the Register be rectified.

In light of the affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent No.1, this petition is allowed, directing the Registrar of Trade Marks to remove the

impugned trademark , registered under No. 5402527 in

Class 25 and Register be rectified accordingly, to maintain its purity. Let the needful be done within a period of four weeks from today.

Petition along with pending application stand disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

JYOTI SINGH, J

MARCH 12, 2026/YA/AK

C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 229/2025

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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 16/03/2026 at 15:12:12