Kent Cables Private Limited vs Kent Ro Systems Limited

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2023 Supreme(Del) 4986

JYOTI SINGH
Kent Cables Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Kent Ro Systems Limited – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Senior Advocate with Ms. Swathi Sukumar, Mr. Pratyush Rao, Ms. Himangi Kapoor and Mr. Ritik Raghuvanshi, Advocates, for the Plaintiffs in CS(COMM) 596/2022 & I.A. 16118/2022 and for the Defendant in CS(COMM) 613/2022 & I.A. 14317/2022.
Mr. Rajiv Nayar and Mr. Akhil Sibal, Senior Advocates with Mr. Ankur Sangal, Mr. Ankit Arvind, Mr. Shashwat Rakshit, Mr. Kiratraj Sadana and Ms. Asavari Jain, Advocates, for the Defendants in CS(COMM) 596/2022 & I.A. 16118/2022 and for the Plaintiff in CS(COMM) 613/2022 & I.A. 14317/2022.

Table of Content
1. historical trademark registration and business operations (Para 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. trademark adoption and expansion by kent ro (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
3. contentions regarding infringement based on prior use (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18)
4. evidence supporting claims of prior user by kent cables (Para 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)
5. argument rejection relating to overlapping trade channels (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27)
6. parameters for proving infringement under section 29(2) (Para 28 , 29 , 30)
7. reputation and prior user rights consideration in passing off (Para 31 , 32 , 33)
8. court's analysis focus on fans as contested goods (Para 34 , 35)
9. legal frameworks referencing relevance of sections 29 and 34 (Para 36 , 37 , 38)
10. discussion of passing off actions based on goodwill (Para 39 , 40)
11. recognition of established reputation affecting user rights (Para 41 , 42 , 43 , 44)
12. overall impact of consumer confusion on reputation (Para 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50)
13. evaluation of passing off claim in favor of prior user (Para 51 , 52 , 53 , 54)
14. final conclusions and injunctions granted by the court (Para 55 , 56 , 57 , 58)
15. broad ruling on trademark is

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2023 Supreme(Del) 4986

JYOTI SINGHKent Cables Private Limited – AppellantVersusKent Ro Systems Limited – Respondent

JYOTI SINGH
Kent Cables Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Kent Ro Systems Limited – Respondent