JUDGMENT :

A. Rama Murthi, J.

1. The applicant/plaintiff filed this application to grant interim injunction restraining the respondent/defendant firm and their men from directly or indirectly in any manner from making use of the name KANISHK for its goods and/or, as its corporate name of trading style or any other name which is deceptively, phonetically and confusingly similar to the plaintiffs' name TANISHQ and also from passing off its name and goods under the name KANISHK as that of the plaintiffs pending disposal of the suit.

2. The case in brief is as follows:- The plaintiff is a company registered under Companies Act, 1956. The plaintiff company is a well known company having its manufacturing unit and registered office at Hosur as well as its branch office and service centres all over the country with its Corporate Office situated in Bangalore. The plaintiff company was incorporated in 1984 as a joint venture of the world famous TATA Industries with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation. They started their main business of manufacturing and sale of watches and timepieces immediately thereafter. The company was originally incorporated under the name of TITAN WATCHES LIMI