Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Sections 29 & 27(2) — Infringement and passing

February 27th, 2013

Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Sections 29 & 27(2) — Infringement and passing-off — Concurrent user — Existence of — Determination — Respondent/plaintiff’s mark “Eenadu” has acquired extraordinary reputation and goodwill in State of Andhra Pradesh — Its products and services are correlated, identified and associated with word “Eenadu” — In this background appellant cannot be termed as an honest concurrent user of mark “Eenadu”.

(Para 102-a)

T.V. Venugopal v. Ushodaya Enterprises Ltd.[Bench Strength 2], Civil Appeal Nos. 6314-15/2001(03/03/2011), 2011(2) R.A.J. 521: 2011(2) SCV(Civil) 52: 2011(4) SCC 85: 2011(3) JT 225: 2011(3) SCALE 182: 2011(2) Supreme 394: 2011(2) SLT 477: 2010(44) PTC 433 [Dalveer Bhandari, J.: K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.]

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