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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 28

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Tejas Karia, J
HOLY COW FOUNDATION – Appellant
Versus
PATANJALI GRAMODYOG NYAS (TRUST) – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Ms. Subhashree Sil, Mr. Kuber Mahajan, Mr. Abhay Aren
For the Respondents: Mr. Junaid Alam, Mr. Nishant Mahtta, Mr. S. Nitin, Mr. Nitish Singh

Table of Content
1. rectification petition for trade mark cancellation (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
2. arguments presented by the parties (Para 8 , 9)
3. analysis of prior user claims (Para 11 , 12)
4. substantiation of respondents' claims (Para 13 , 14 , 15)
5. weight of evidence in trade mark disputes (Para 16 , 17 , 18)
6. phonetic and structural similarity assessment (Para 19 , 20 , 21)
7. well-known house mark as distinctive factor (Para 22 , 23 , 24)
8. legal ground for trade mark registration (Para 25 , 26 , 27)
9. rejection of petitioner's claim for rectification (Para 28 , 29 , 30)
10. consequences of prior knowledge in trademark applications (Para 31 , 32)
11. final judgment on the rectification petition (Para 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38)

JUDGMENT

TEJAS KARIA, J

1. This is a Rectification Petition under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (“Act”) for cancellation / removal / rectification of the registered Trade Mark, ‘PATANJALI GONYLE FLOOR CLEANER’/ ‘ ’ (“Impugned Mark”) under Registration No. 3094452 in Class 05 in the name of the Respondents from the Register of Trade Marks (“Register”).

FACTUALMATRIX

2. The Petitioner is a non-governmental organization which aims at the protect

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