A suit for injunction under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (‘the Act’) was filed by the respondent-plaintiff, inter-alia, with the submissions that the plaintiff is a partnership firm; since 1993 under the trade mark of ‘ckophZ’ (Bawarchi) it was operating a restaurant in the name of ‘ckophZ QkLV QqM’ and since 2013 was operating a website ‘bawarchirestaurant.in’, through which it was advertising its restaurant and providing online facility. It was claimed that the restaurant has its goodwill and fame and is popular among tourist and general public. It was claimed that for the purpose of protecting his trade mark, the plaintiff made application before the Registrar of Trade Marks, Ahmedabad and from time to time registration certificates were issued. A list of registration certificates six in number under various class i.e. 43, 30, 33 & 32 were indicated. It was claimed that since 1993, the plaintiff is lawful proprietor and owner of the registered trade mark ‘ckophZ’ (Bawarchi), word mark in Hindi and English and the logo and therefore, only the plaintiff has the right to use the same. It was alleged that the use of trade mark ‘Bawarchi’ by any one else would create confusion in the mind of consumers and the same would lead to passing of the services as that of the plaintiff or in someway connected with the plaintiff. It was also claimed that in relation to the trade mark, the plaintiff has a right under the Act to restrain others from infringing the same and from passing off under the common law.
