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BASANT BALAJI
Robin Sebastian S/o Sebastian – Appellant
Versus
Shyjumon Joseph S/o Joseph – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
BASANT BALAJI, J.
1. F.A.O. No. 96 of 2023 is filed by the petitioners against the order dated 31.7.2023 in I.A. No. 2 of 2023 in O.S. No. 1 of 2023 on the files of Additional District Judge-IV, Thalassery. F.A.O. No. 102 of 2023 is filed by the defendants in the above said suit. I.A. No. 2 of 2023 was filed by the plaintiffs in the suit seeking an interim injunction restraining the respondent or any associated person using the impugned trade mark “SJ Buildware” which is deceptively similar to the petitioners’ mark.
(The parties are referred to as they appeared before the court below in the suit)
2. The plaintiffs filed O.S. No. 1 of 2023 for a declaration that the first plaintiff is the registered proprietor of the trademark “CJ Buildware” and that the 1st plaintiff has the exclusive right to use the said mark in relation to the business of retail showrooms for the distribution of tiles, sanitary wares, paints, electrical and plumbing materials, natural stone, and building materials and other classes of good. A prohibitory injunction is also sought restraining the defendants by themselves as also through their partners, agents, representatives, distributors, assigns, heirs,
Interlocutory injunctions are issued provisionally before trial of suit and continue until trial has ended.
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