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2024 Supreme(Online)(MAD) 11349

HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice N. SESHASAYEE
Orient Cement Limited – Appellant
Versus
The Registrar of Trademarks – Respondent


JUDGMENT

The appellant herein challenges the order of the respondent herein rejecting its application for registering its tag line in English. The petitioner has registered multiple marks in different languages under Class 19. They read as 'BIRLA.A1 PREMIUM CEMENT'. It has registered both its label and also trade mark with a device. The mark itself reads 'BIRLA.A1' and beneath is written as 'PREMIUM CEMENT' and this is placed in a larger square and its beneath it has been as 'Mazbooti mein Al.' 'Bharose mein A1.' both in English as well as in Hindi and its transliteration in vernacular languages is also written depending on the language in which the mark is registered. It is as below:

2. The respondent herein does not appear to have any difficulty in registering the tag line 'Mazbooti mein Al.' 'Bharose mein A1.' in any other languages, but when it comes to English, he appears to have been agitated by the same and rejected the application of the appellant under Sec.9(1)(a) and (b) for want of distinctiveness.

3. Heard both sides and perused the records available in the form of typed set of papers.

4. This court is at a loss to understand as to how the tag line in English alone will be

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