J U D G M E N T

SANJEEV NARULA, J. (Oral):

I.A. 3600/2023 (under Order XIII-A Rule 3 and 6(1)(a) r/w Section 151 of CPC seeking summary judgment)

1. The present suit, inter-alia, seeks permanent injunction restraining infringement of Plaintiff’s registered trademarks, copyright, passing off, rendition of accounts, damages, delivery-up, among other ancillary reliefs.

2. The facts narrated in the suit: Plaintiff – ‘SanDisk LLC’ (formerly ‘SanDisk Corporation’), a US corporation, registered in the State of Delaware, is engaged in the business of providing data storage solutions. It is one of the world’s largest dedicated providers of flash memory storage solutions under the house mark ‘SanDisk’ since the year-1995. Plaintiff’s data storage solutions pride themselves on incorporating essential components such as flash memory, controller, and firmware technologies. Plaintiff possesses trademark registrations in more than 150 jurisdictions apart from India, including USA, European Community, China, Canada, etc. In India, they have variety of word and device marks under registrations under house mark ‘SanDisk’, details whereof [hereinafter collectively “SanDisk Trademarks”]

are set out below: