* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 17.01.2026 Pronounced on: 11.03.2026 + FAO(OS)(COMM) 141/2023 & CM APPL. 35794/2023, CM APPL. 43263/2023, CM APPL. 39713/2024 AND + FAO(OS)(COMM) 142/2023 & CM APPL. 35806/2023 KENT RO SYSTEMS LIMITED & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr.Chander M. Lall, Sr. Adv.

with Mr. Ankur Sangal, Mr.Ankit Arvind, Mr.Shashwat Rakshit, Ms.Amrit Sharma, Ms.Annanya Mehan, Advs.

versus KENT CABLES PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS.

.....Respondents Through: Mr.Jayant Mehta Sr. Adv. with Mr.Sandeep Das, Mr.Ninad Dogra, Mr.Om Shelat, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

J U D G M E N T

NAVIN CHAWLA, J.

1. The present appeals have been filed, challenging the Judgment dated 30.05.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in I.A. 13851/2022 in CS(COMM) 596/2022, titled Kent Cables Private Limited & Ors v. Kent RO Systems Limited & Ors.; and I.A.

14316/2022 in CS(COMM) 613/2022, titled Kent RO Systems Ltd. &

Ors. v. Kent Cables Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

2. By the Impugned Order, the learned Single Judge has allowed the I.A. 13851/2022 in CS(COMM) 596/2022 filed by the respondents herein; and dismissed the I.A. 14316/2022 in CS(COMM) 613/2022 filed by the appellants herein, and thereby while refusing to restrain the respondents from using the mark „KENT‟ for fans, restrained the appellants from manufacturing and selling fans under the trade mark „KENT‟ during the pendency of the suit.

CASE OF THE APPELLANTS:

3. The appellant no. 1, Kent RO Systems Ltd., is a public limited company incorporated and registered under the Companies Act, 1956. It is one of the leading companies in India, with business operations in over 50 countries across the world, and is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of a diverse range of electronic goods such as water purifiers, air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and vacuum cleaners, and has been conducting its business under the trade mark „KENT‟. The appellant no. 2, Mr. Mahesh Gupta, is the Chairman and Managing Director of appellant no. 1, and is also the registered proprietor of the trade mark forming the subject matter of the present appeal. Appellant no. 3, S.S. Appliances Pvt. Ltd. is a part of the Kent Group of companies.

4. It is the case of the appellants that the appellant no. 2 adopted the trade mark „KENT‟, in the year 1988, for oil meters and started using the same as „KENT OIL METERS‟, with „KENT‟ being the dominant part of the trade mark. The trade mark „KENT OIL METERS‟ was registered under Class 09 in the year 1994, with appellant no. 3 as the proprietor, claiming use since 19.02.1988. Appellant no. 3 continues to carry on the business of oil meters under the said trade mark.

5. Thereafter, in the year 1999, the appellant no. 2 launched Reverse Osmosis („RO‟) based domestic water purifiers in the Indian Market under the trade mark „KENT‟. At the time of the launch of the RO based domestic water purifiers, the appellant no. 2 also founded M/s Kent RO Systems to conduct the business of RO water purifiers, and thereby commenced business in home appliances.

6. On 30.12.2004, another firm, namely, M/s. Kent Appliances was founded to conduct the business of kitchen appliances and vacuum cleaners under the trade mark „KENT‟ and its variants. In 2006, the appellants launched another home appliance, that is, air purifiers, under said trade mark. It is the case of the appellants that the same is a type of fan.

7. The appellants began expanding worldwide and started exporting their products outside India, in 2006.

8. Subsequently, appellant no. 1 was incorporated in the year 2007, to take over the business of M/s Kent RO Systems, including its assets and liabilities, and expand its business of home appliances by launching other allied and cognate products under the mark „KENT‟, including security devices, vacuum cleaners and kitchen appliances such as grinders, juicers, etc. In view of this, it is the appellants‟ case that they are the prior user of