Sancheti Appliances Pvt Ltd v. C. Lal Marketing Pvt Ltd & Anr

Delhi High Court · 11 Oct 2023 · 2023:DHC:7619
C. Hari Shankar
C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 134/2022 & C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 361/2021
2023:DHC:7619
intellectual_property petition_allowed

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The Delhi High Court allowed the petitioner to withdraw trademark challenge petitions as the impugned marks were removed from the Register due to non-renewal, reserving the right to file fresh proceedings if renewed.

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C.O(COMM.IPD-TM) 134/2022 & C.O.(COMM.IPD-TM) 361/2021
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 134/2022 SANCHETI APPLICANCES PVT LTD. ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Adv.
VERSUS
C.LAL MARKETING PVT LTD. & ANR ..... Respondents
Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar
Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Mr. M Sriram and Mr. Krishnan V, Advs.
C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 361/2021 SANCHETI APPLIANCES PVT. LTD. ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Adv.
VERSUS
C. LAL MARKETTING PVT. LTD. AND ANR. ..... Respondents
Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar
Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Mr. M Sriram and Mr. Krishnan V, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR O R D E R (O R A L)
11.10.2023 C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 134/2022 & C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM)
361/2021
JUDGMENT

1. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned marks of the respondents, forming subject matter of C.O(COMM.IPD-TM) 134/2022 & C.O.(COMM.IPD-TM) 361/2021 challenge in these petitions preferred under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, have been removed from the Register of Trademarks on account of their not being renewed after they had expired.

2. As such, without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to institute fresh proceedings in case the marks are renewed, he seeks, for the present, to withdraw these petitions.

3. Reserving leave and liberty as aforesaid, these petitions are disposed of as withdrawn.

C.HARI SHANKAR, J OCTOBER 11, 2023