Mr R v. Vinoth Kumar Sole Proprietor Of Manjal v Manjal Manam Multi Cuisine Restaurant
Case brief
What is this about?
MANJAL RESTAURANT v MANJAL MANAM MULTI-CUISINE RESTAURANT; Madras High Court Commercial Division; trade mark infringement and passing off suit; Trade Marks Act 1999 Sections 134 and 135; suit disposed of on plaintiff's memo dated 25.02.2025 as defendant closed restaurant bearing impugned mark and shifted place of business; cause of action did not survive; no order as to costs; connected applications O.A.Nos.80 & 81 of 2025 and A.No.433 of 2025 closed; no findings on merits; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Recording the plaintiff's memo dated 25.02.2025 (defendant closed the restaurant bearing the impugned mark and shifted its place of business, leaving no surviving cause of action), the Court disposed of the suit, directed that there be no order as to costs, and closed the connected applications. ¶32-33