Roxtec Ab vs Sukant Chakravarty - 2023 Supreme(Del) 2426

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2023 Supreme(Del) 2426

PRATHIBA M. SINGH
Roxtec Ab – Appellant
Versus
Sukant Chakravarty – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. J.V. Abhay, Ms. Maidini Phul, Ms. Prakriti Sharma & Mr. Sushain Sobti, Advocates, for the Plaintiffs.
Mr. Suhail Dutt, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rajesh Roshan, Mr. R.S. Mittal, Mr. Azhar Alam and Ms. Vatsala Kaushik, Advocates, for the Defendants.

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

I.A. 550/2017 in CS(COMM) 1045/2016

2. This is an application under Section 124 of the Trade Mark Act, 1999 seeking permission to file rectification/cancellation petitions in respect of the registered trademarks of the Plaintiffs.

3. The Plaintiff No. 2 - Roxtec India Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Plaintiff No. 1-Roxtec AB and is responsible for carrying out the Roxtec group's business activities in India. The details of the Plaintiffs' registered trademarks in India are as under:

Trademark	Registration No.	Classes	Date of Registration
[IMG]	1080575	6	14th February 2002
[IMG]	1080577	19	14th February 2002
[IMG]	1080578	17	14th February 2002
[IMG]	1815482	6, 17, 19	6th May 2009
We Seal Your World	1794058	6,17, 19	9th March 2009
[IMG] Peeling Hands (Device Mark)	1296552	6, 17, 19	16th July 2004
ComSeal	1708762	6, 17, 19	9th July, 2008

4. The case of the Defendants is that the aforementioned trademarks are liable to be rectified/cancelled as the same are attempting to monopolize the rubber module logo [IMG], the slogan `WE SEAL YOUR WORLD' for a sealing product and `PEELING HANDS' (DEVICE)

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2023 Supreme(Del) 2426

PRATHIBA M. SINGHRoxtec Ab – AppellantVersusSukant Chakravarty – Respondent

PRATHIBA M. SINGH
Roxtec Ab – Appellant
Versus
Sukant Chakravarty – Respondent