Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. Pioneering Products and Ors.

Delhi High Court · 08 Jul 2019 · 2019:DHC:3241
Prathiba M. Singh
CS (OS) 480/2018
2019:DHC:3241
civil appeal_allowed Significant

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The Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction restraining unauthorized sale and advertisement of Amway products on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms, mandating seller consent and transparency during the pendency of the suit.

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CS (OS) 480/2018
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Reserved on : 30th May, 2019
Date of Decision: 8th July, 2019
CS (OS) 480/2018
AMWAY INDIA ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD. …...Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Priya Kumar, Mr. C.D.
Mulherkar, Mr. Shailabh Tiwari, Mr. Tejas Chhabra and Mr. Chanakya Diwedi, Advocates (M:9716989180)
VERSUS
PIONEERING PRODUCTS AND ORS. .....Defendants
Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Prince Pawaiya, Ms. Prema Arora, Ms. Peri Surya Yashodhara and Mr. Karan Chopra, Advocates, GNP Legal, for Defendant no.3
(9549124005)
Mr. Saikrishna Rajagopal, Ms. Sneha Jain, Ms. Savni Dutt, Mr. Devvrat Joshi, Ms. Nilofar Absar and Ms. Abhiti Vachher, Advocates, for
Defendant no.4. (9810621272)
Ms. Amita Gupta, Advocate, for Defendant No.1 (9900064366)
CORAM:
JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH
JUDGMENT
Prathiba M. Singh, J. I.A.13159/2018 (u/Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2) in CS(OS) 480/2018

1. A batch of seven suits viz. CS (OS) 410/2018, CS(OS) 453/2018, CS (OS) 480/2018, CS(OS) 531/2018, CS(OS) 550/2018, CS(OS) 75/2019 and 2019:DHC:3241 CS(OS) 91/2019 having overlapping issues were heard by this Court from time to time. The interim application filed in this suit has been disposed of vide a detailed common judgment dated 8th July, 2019, in CS(OS) 410/2018. For detailed judgment, refer to CS(OS) 410/2018.

2. However, the operative portion of judgment dated 8th July, 2019, in respect of the present application, reads as under:

“332. The Plaintiff in the present suit is M/s Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. The present suit already stands decreed against Defendant No.2 - Black Olive Enterprises Ltd. vide order dated 26th November, 2018. The injunction application, qua Defendant No.1 – M/s Pioneering Products, Defendant No.3 – M/s Cloudtail India Pvt. Ltd., and Defendant No.4 – M/s Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd., is disposed of in the following terms:
a) Defendant Nos.[1] & 3, i.e., the sellers are restrained by an interim order of injunction from advertising, displaying, offering for sale products of the Plaintiff, namely Amway products, on the e-commerce platform www.amazon.in or on the mobile application - Amazon Online Shopping, or any other ecommerce platform or online mobile applications, without the consent of the Plaintiff - Amway. b) Defendant No.4 - Amazon Sellers Services Pvt. Ltd. is restrained from displaying, advertising, offering for sale, selling, facilitating repackaging of any of the Plaintiff - Amway’s products on its website www.amazon.in and mobile application Amazon Online Shopping, except of those sellers who produce written permission/consent of the Plaintiff for listing of the Amway products on the Amazon platform/mobile application. c) In case of the sellers, if any, who produce consent given by the Plaintiff-Amway, allowing sale of its products through e-commerce platforms, Defendant No.4 - Amazon shall, clearly, provide the name, address and contact details of the said sellers, including the telephone numbers, email address, etc., in a prominent manner, along with the product description. d) If the Plaintiff finds during the pendency of the suit that any of the sellers have displayed its products on the Amazon platform or mobile application without its consent, then it shall give notice to Amazon for taking down the listings of such sellers, which shall be duly taken down within a period of 36 hours by Amazon.”

3. The I.A. stands disposed of in the above terms.

PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE JULY 08, 2019