Dolphin Mart Private Limited vs Avenue Supermarts Limited

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2023 Supreme(Del) 4078

JYOTI SINGH
Dolphin Mart Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Avenue Supermarts Limited – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Ms. Anuradha Salhotra, Mr. Sumit Wadhwa, Ms. Sharika Vijh and Mr. Siddhant Shrivastava, Advocates, for the Plaintiff.
Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Advocate with Mr. Guruswamy Nataraj, Mr. Avinash Kumar Sharma, Mr. Pranav Krishna and Mr. Ankur Vyas, Advocates, for the Defendants.

Table of Content
1. submission of additional documents in court (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. background and brand establishment of plaintiff (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
3. plaintiff's claimed rights and defendant's contest (Para 14 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20)
4. issues of delay, knowledge and prosecution estoppel (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27)
5. analysis of trademark registrations and validity (Para 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33)
6. comparison of plaintiff's and defendant's trademarks (Para 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41)
7. standards for determining passing off vs. infringement (Para 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46)
8. court's conclusion on injunction application (Para 47 , 48 , 49)
9. final decision and dismissal of the application (Para 50 , 51)

JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J.

I.A. 7668/2022 (under Order XI Rule 1(10) CPC, by Defendants)

1. This is an application preferred on behalf of the Defendants for filing additional documents. The documents sought to be brought on record are as follows:

Sr. No.	Particulars	Date of existence
1	Annual Report for Financial Year 2020-21	2021
2	Trademark registration bearing no. 899370 in Class 14	September 18, 2018
3	Trademark registration bearing no. 900816 i

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2023 Supreme(Del) 4078

JYOTI SINGHDolphin Mart Private Limited – AppellantVersusAvenue Supermarts Limited – Respondent

JYOTI SINGH
Dolphin Mart Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Avenue Supermarts Limited – Respondent