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2014 Supreme(Bom) 152

S.J.KATHAWALLA
Cipla Limited – Appellant
Versus
Cipla Industries Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
For the Plaintiff:Rashmin Khandekar i/by M/s. Krishna Saurastri and Associates, Advocates.
For the Defendants:D1, D2, Ashish Kamat with Mr. Vaibhav Bhure I/by M/s. Naik Naik and Co., Advocates.

Judgment :

P.C.

1. The Plaintiff has in the above Notice of Motion prayed that pending the hearing and final disposal of the Rectification Application No.ORA/243/2013/TM/DEL, the trial of the above Suit be stayed. The present Notice of Motion is taken out by the Plaintiff under Section 124 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (“the Act”), seeking stay of the trial of the above Suit in respect of infringement of trade mark pending the hearing and final disposal of the Rectification Application No.ORA/243/2013/TM/DEL.

2. According to the Plaintiff, its mark “CIPLA” and/or other marks derived from “CIPLA” are well known marks within the meaning of Section 11 of the Act. The Defendants are using the impugned mark namely 'CIPLA PLAST' which is identical and/or deceptively similar to the Plaintiff's mark “CIPLA”. According to the Plaintiff, the Defendants have been wrongly granted registration in respect of the mark 'CIPLA PLAST' on 28-01-2006. The impugned mark 'CIPLA PLAST' is therefore, liable to be removed/cancelled. The Plaintiff has already filed proceedings on 23-04-2012, seeking rectification of the Defendant No.2's mark bearing No.846772. Therefore, the trial of the Suit in respect of t









































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