TTK Prestige Ltd. vs Kcm Appliances Private Limited

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2023 Supreme(Del) 1612

C. HARI SHANKAR
TTK Prestige Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Kcm Appliances Private Limited – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Mr. Manish Kumar Mishra, Ms. Akansha Singh, Mr. Srinivas Venkat Rangan, Ms. Tarushi Agarwal and Ms. Pragya Jain, Advocates, for the Plaintiff.
Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Anill Dutt, Ms. Vindhya S. Mani, Mr. Gursimran Singh Narula, Ms. Vaishali Joshi, Ms. Justina Mathew and Mr. Rishabh Paliwal, Advocates, for the Defendant.

Table of Content
1. registration and scope of design (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. novelty and uniqueness of design (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
3. claims of piracy and prior publication argument (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
4. defendant's responses and counterclaims (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20)
5. functional versus aesthetic designs (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24)
6. assessment of design piracy (Para 25 , 26 , 27)
7. court observations on functional design (Para 28 , 29 , 30)
8. overall conclusion on design validity (Para 31 , 32 , 33)

JUDGMENT

AN INDEXED VIEW OF THE JUDGEMENT
S.No.		Para Nos.
1	The lis
2	The plaint	1-15
3	The written statement of the defendant	16-25
4	Replication by plaintiff	26-32
5	Rival submissions at the Bar	33-36
6	Analysis
7	Validity of Certificate of Registration	37-37.11
8	The Legal Position	38.1
9	Bharat Glass Tube	38.2-38.2.14
10	Carlsberg Breweries	38.3-38.3.4
11	Reckitt Benckiser	38.4-38.4.8
12	Relaxo Footwears	38.5-38.5.4
13	Kamdhenu Ltd.	38.6-38.6.5
14	Pentel Kabushiki Kaisha	38.7-38.7.3
15	Dart Industries	38.8-38.8.2
16	Telemechanique & Controls	38.9-38.9.1
17	Crocs	38.10-38.10.9
18	B. Chawla & Sons	38.11-38.11.4
19	Castrol India	38.12-38.12.7
20	The takeaway	38.13
21	(Remaining issues)	39
22	Challenge to validity of suit design on

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2023 Supreme(Del) 1612

C. HARI SHANKARTTK Prestige Ltd. – AppellantVersusKcm Appliances Private Limited – Respondent

C. HARI SHANKAR
TTK Prestige Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Kcm Appliances Private Limited – Respondent