Ceat Limited v. Faizan Siddiqui and Another

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25.07.2023

¶1This petition under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act 1999 seeks rectification of the register of Trade Marks by removal, therefrom, of registration no. 2118505, whereby the device mark was registered in favour of Respondent 1.

¶2Defendant 1 has, apparently, moved an application before the Registrar of Trade Marks for cancellation of the impugned

Signed By:HARIOM

C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 66/2021

mark on 24 July 2023.

¶3The Respondent 1 has also communicated to the plaintiff via e-mail dated 25 July 2023 stating that he was not desirous of contesting this matter and that he has no objection if appropriate orders were passed for removal of the impugned mark from the register of Trade Marks.

¶4Accordingly, the Registry of Trade Marks is directed to rectify the register of the Trade Marks by removal, therefrom, forthwith, of the impugned mark, which stands registered in favour of Respondent 1, via Registration No. 2118505 dated 9 March 2019.

¶5The petition stands allowed in the aforesaid terms.

C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

JULY 25, 2023

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Signed By:HARIOM

C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 66/2021 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 66/2021 CEAT LIMITED ..... Petitioner Through: Ms. Elisha Sinha, Adv. versus FAIZAN SIDDIQUI AND ANOTHER ..... Respondents Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat and Mr.Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR