Grasim Industries Limited & Anr. v. Yy
Case brief
What is this about?
Grasim Industries v. Aryanson Paints; CS(COMM) 215/2025; Delhi High Court; Justice Jyoti Singh; 23.04.2026; BIRLA WHITE CEMENT; BIRLA WALLTECH; BIRLA; GRASIM; ULTRATECH; OPUS; ADITYA BIRLA; trademark infringement; passing off; copyright; trade dress; well-known marks; compromise/settlement decree; Order XXIII Rule 3; Section 151 CPC; Court Fees Act 1870; refund of court fees; costs Rs. 2,25,000; destruction of infringing goods; takedown undertaking; consent decree; commercial suit disposal.
What did the court decide?
Suit decreed in terms of the settlement: (i) permanent injunctions in favour of the Plaintiffs and against the Defendant in terms of Para 81(a)-(d) of the plaint (infringement of BIRLA/BIRLA WHITE registered trademarks and Plaintiff No. 2's marks including ADITYA BIRLA well-known marks, infringement of copyright in original artistic works/trade dress, and passing off); (ii) Defendant's undertakings to refrain from all use of the impugned marks BIRLA WHITE CEMENT/BIRLA WALLTECH and any BIRLA/GRASIM/ULTRATECH/OPUS-formative or deceptively similar marks, trade dress, packaging, labels, trade names and domain names/online channels worldwide; (iii) Defendant's recognition of the Plaintiffs' sole and exclusive proprietary rights and covenant not to oppose/challenge them before the Trade Marks Registry or any forum; (iv) takedown/removal/deletion of all infringing print/online/e-commerce content within one week of execution of the application; (v) joint request for Court direction to the Defendant to destroy all impugned goods/materials within one month, with underlying commodity not bearing impugned marks to be transferred to conforming packaging at Defendant's cost; (vi) Rs. 2,25,000/- paid by Defendant towards costs and legal expenses; (vii) Plaintiffs gave up/waived claims for damages, delivery up and costs (Para 81(e)-(g) of plaint); (viii) refund of entire court fees to Plaintiffs; suit disposed of with pending application.