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Delhi High Court

Vasundhra Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. vs Kirat Vinodbhai Jadvani & Anr. on 21 September, 2022

Author: Navin Chawla

Bench: Navin Chawla

                  *        IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
                                                              Reserved on: 25.08.2022
                                                              Date of decision: 21.09.2022
                   +        CS(COMM) 363/2022
                            VASUNDHRA JEWELLERS PVT. LTD.               ..... Plaintiff
                                          Through: Mr.Sagar Chandra, Mr.Prateek
                                                   Kumar,     Ms.Shubhie         Wahi,
                                                   Ms.Sanya Kapoor, Mr.Parrek &
                                                   Ms.Aarushi Jain, Advs.
                                          Versus
                      KIRAT VINODBHAI JADVANI & ANR.        ..... Defendants
                                    Through: Mr.Raghavendra     M.     Bajaj,
                                             Mr.Anshuman           Upadhyay,
                                             Mr.Naseem & Mr.Prashant, Advs.
                                             for D-1.
                  CORAM:
                  HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA
                  I.A. 8515/2022
                  1.       By this application, filed under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 read
                  with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (in short, 'CPC'),
                  the plaintiff prays for an ad-interim injunction restraining the defendant
                  no. 1, its directors, executives, partners or proprietors, officers, servants
                  and agents or any other persons acting for or on their behalf from
                  manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, exporting, advertising,
                  marketing and/or in any manner using, directly or indirectly, in relation to
                  any jewellery/precious stones/gems and/or any other allied and cognate
                  goods/services, including but not limited to textiles, textile goods and
                  fabrics,      under      the   impugned   marks/labels/logos/   domain   name


                  'VASUNDHRA'/                                      and/or        'VASUNDHRA

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                   FASHION'/                        /https://vasundhra.business.site   and/or    any
                  other mark identical and/or deceptively similar to the plaintiff's trade
                  marks/labels/logos/domain name 'VASUNDHRA'/ 'VASUNDHRA




                  JEWELLERS'/                                , the 'VASUNDHRA' family of
                  marks (hereinafter referred to as the 'VASUNDHRA Marks') /
                  https://vasundhrajewellers.com/ or doing any other thing amounting to
                  infringement of the plaintiff's registered 'VASUNDHRA Marks' as also
                  amounting to passing off, dilution and unfair competition.
                  2.       It is the case of the plaintiff that the plaintiff-company was
                  established on 28.10.1999 and has been continuously and uninterruptedly
                  using the name 'VASUNDHRA'/'VASUNDHRA JEWELLERS' both
                  as a trade mark as also a trade name. The plaintiff has its jewellery
                  showroom at Pitampura, New Delhi, where the customers from not only
                  Delhi but also all over India come to shop. The plaintiff asserts that over
                  the years, it has used several iterations of the 'VASUNDHRA Marks',



                  including                but   not      limited       to




                                                                       . The plaintiff is also the
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                   registered proprietor of the various trade marks in Classes 14 and 35, the
                  list whereof is given by the plaintiff in its plaint as under:-

                  Trade Mark      Date of                 Class and     Status         Disclaimer/Condition
                  and             Application             Specification
                  Application No. And User                of Goods and                 /Association
                                  Detail                  Services
                                           Date of        [Class: 14]     Registered           NIL
                                           Application:   Jewellery In    and Valid
                                                            Precious        Up to:
                                                           Metal and
                                                             Gems.        23/05/2023
                                           23/05/2003


                                           User Detail:
                                           01/01/1999



                                           Date of        [CLASS:14]      Registered           NIL
                                           Application:                   and Valid
                                                             Precious       Up to:
                                                             metals or
                                                               coated     22/05/2029
                                           22/05/2019        therewith
                                                             jewellery
                                                             including
                                           User Detail:      imitation
                                                          jewellery and
                                           28/10/1999         precious
                                                            stones. All
                                                           being goods
                                                           included in
                                                              class 14.




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                                            Date of        [CLASS: 14]     Registered   NIL
                                           Application:                   and Valid
                                                             Precious       Up to:
                                                             metals or
                                                               coated     19/12/2027
                                           19/12/2017        therewith
                                                             jewellery
                                                             including
                                           User Detail:      imitation
                                                          jewellery and
                                           17/08/2016         precious
                                                            stones. All
                                                           being goods
                                                           included in
                                                              class 14.



                  3.       The plaintiff asserts that by virtue of the abovementioned
                  registrations, the plaintiff has an exclusive right to use the
                  'VASUNDHRA Marks'.
                  4. The plaintiff further asserts that it has obtained registration for its
                  domain name www.vasundhrajewellers.com on 26.06.2011, and has
                  subsequently obtained registrations in the following domain names:
                           a. www.vasundhra.com
                           b. www.vasundhara.com
                           c. www.vasundhra.in
                           d. www.Vasundhrajewellers.in
                           e. www.Vasundhrajewellers.com
                           f. www.vasundhrajeweller.in


                  5.       The plaintiff also states that it has invested an enormous amount of
                  money and effort in building the brand identity through the promotion of
                  the 'VASUNDHRA Marks' through various media, included but not
                  limited to TV, radio and hoardings.


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                   6.       The plaintiff has also engaged the services of popular Indian
                  celebrities, including but not limited to Ms. Prachi Desai and Ms. Shweta
                  Tewari. The goods of the plaintiff are regularly showcased at various
                  fashion events and most recently in March 2022 in the 'FDCI X Lakme
                  Fashion Week' (hereinafter referred to as 'Fashion Week'), where the
                  actress Ms. Jahnvi Kapoor was the showstopper for the fashion designer
                  Punit Balana, in which she wore the jewellery of the plaintiff.
                  7.       The plaintiff asserts that it also sets up kiosks in various events
                  and/or exhibitions to reach out to members of the trade and general
                  public. It has also collaborated with eminent fashion designers, the details
                  of whom are given in paragraph 15 of the plaint.
                  8.       The plaintiff asserts that since its launch, the plaintiff has achieved
                  unprecedented success with its sale figures having increased from Rs.
                  19,80,812/- (Rupees Nineteen Lakh Eighty Thousand Eight Hundred
                  Twelve only) in the year 1999-2000 to Rs. 79,71,49,118/- (Rupees
                  Seventy-One Crore Seventy-One Lakh Forty-Nine Thousand One
                  Hundred Eighteen only) for the period 2021 till 04.03.2022. The plaintiff
                  has also expended huge amounts for the promotional expenses on their
                  'VASUNDHRA Marks', which have increased from Rs. 43,254/-
                  (Rupees Forty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Four only) in the
                  financial year 1999-2000 to Rs. 8,65,055/- (Rupees Eight Lakh Sixty-
                  Five Thousand Fifty-Five only) for the period 2021 till 04.03.2022.
                  9.       The plaintiff asserts that it has also been proactively defending its
                  proprietary and statutory rights in the mark by initiating various
                  oppositions and litigation against third parties, the details whereof have
                  been given in paragraph 20 of the plaint.

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                   10.      The plaintiff asserts that it is only around April, 2022 that it came
                  across the publication of the defendant no. 1's impugned mark/logo



                  'VASUNDHRA FASHION'/                               in Class 25, bearing the
                  application No. 5277967 dated 08.01.2022, for goods being 'textile,
                  textile goods and fabrics'. Though the defendant no. 1 claims user since
                  02.12.2020, the plaintiff asserts that no document in support thereof has
                  been given by the defendant no. 1.
                  11.      The plaintiff asserts that the mark adopted by the defendant no. 1 is
                  deceptively similar to the 'VASUNDHRA Marks' of the plaintiff.
                  12.      The plaintiff further asserts that the defendant no. 1 is also
                  operating            a   website     bearing       the     domain        name
                  https://vasundhra.buiness.site, which is identical to that of the plaintiff.
                  The defendant no. 1's goods are also available for sale online on various
                  e-commerce websites like Flipkart, India Mart and Shopsy.
                  13.      The plaintiff asserts that while the mark for which the defendant
                  no. 1 has applied for registration is as under:-




                  the defendant no. 1 is using the following mark on its stores:-




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                   14.       The plaintiff asserts that the above conduct shows the dishonest
                  intention of the defendant no.1.
                  15.       The plaintiff further asserts that the defendant no. 1 has
                  subsequently also opposed three applications for trade mark registration
                  made by the plaintiff, the details whereof are given in paragraph 28 of the
                  plaint.


                  SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF
                  16.       The learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that the plaintiff is the
                  prior and registered proprietor of the 'VASUNDHRA Marks', registered
                  for goods in Class 14; and the defendant no. 1 deals in allied goods, with
                  the mark of the defendant no. 1 being deceptively similar to that of the
                  plaintiff. Placing reliance on the judgment of the Supreme Court in
                  Kaviraj Pandit Durga Dutt Sharma v. Navaratna Pharmaceutical
                  Laboratories, (1965) 1 SCR 737, he submits that 'VASUNDHRA' is an
                  essential feature of the trade mark of the plaintiff. The same has been
                  adopted by the defendant no. 1 and, therefore, in terms of Section

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                   29(2)(b) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (in short, 'the Act'), the use of the
                  mark by the defendant no. 1 for allied and cognate goods would amount
                  to infringement of the rights of the plaintiff in its trade mark. He submits
                  that the defendant no.1 is also guilty of passing off as well as dilution and
                  unfair competition.
                  17.      He submits that the plea of the defendant no. 1, that the word
                  'VASUNDHRA' is a common name in India, cannot be accepted to
                  denude the right of the plaintiff in the said mark. Referring to Sections
                  2(1)(m) and 2(1)(zb) of the Act, the learned counsel for the plaintiff
                  submits that the trade mark may also include a 'name' so long as it is
                  capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one person from those
                  of others. In the present case, as the name itself has no connection with
                  the goods in question, it is capable of distinguishing the goods of the
                  plaintiff from the defendant no. 1 and, therefore, is entitled to protection
                  as a trade mark. In any case, as the defendant no. 1 itself has applied for
                  registration of its mark in 'VASUNDHRA' in Class 25, the defendant
                  no.1 is estopped from contending that the said mark is not entitled to
                  protection. In this regard, he places reliance on the judgment of this Court
                  Automatic Electric Limited v. R.K. Dhawan & Anr., 1999 SCC OnLine
                  Del 27.
                  18.      The learned counsel for the plaintiff further submits that the plea of
                  the defendant no. 1, that there are other marks registered with the
                  Registrar of Trade Marks bearing the name 'VASUNDHRA', is also
                  irrelevant inasmuch as mere presence of a mark in the Register of Trade
                  Marks is not evidence of its use. In this regard, he places reliance on the
                  judgment of this Court in Century Traders v. Roshan Lal Duggar &

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                   Co., 1977 SCC OnLine Del 50. In any case, the use of a mark by others
                  cannot act as a shield for the defendant no. 1 to infringe the trade mark of
                  the plaintiff. In support of this assertion, he places reliance on the
                  judgment of this Court in P.M. Diesels Ltd. v. S.M. Diesels, 1994 SCC
                  OnLine Del 117.
                  19.      On the plea of the defendant no. 1 that the goods of the defendant
                  no. 1 and the plaintiff are different and not similar goods, being textiles
                  as opposed to jewellery, the learned counsel for the plaintiff places
                  reliance on the judgment of the High Court of Bombay in SIA Gems and
                  Jewellery Pvt. Ltd. v. SIA Fashion, Mumbai, 2003 SCC OnLine Bom
                  498, to submit that jewellery and fashion garments have been declared to
                  be cognate goods.
                  20.      Placing reliance on the judgment of the Supreme Court in
                  Laxmikant V. Patel v. Chetanbhai Shah and Another, (2002) 3 SCC 65,
                  he submits that in any case, the Court will also have regard to the future
                  expansion prospects of the plaintiff's business and the connection of the
                  present business with fashion industry, as is evident from the plaintiff's
                  products being displayed in the Fashion Week and its association with
                  other fashion designers as mentioned hereinabove.
                  21.      He submits that the stand taken by the plaintiff before the learned
                  Examiner of Trade Marks cannot act as an estoppel against the plaintiff
                  or be used to deny relief to the plaintiff, if the plaintiff is otherwise
                  entitled to the same. In support, he refers to the judgment of this Court in
                  Telecare Network India Pvt. Ltd. v. Asus Technology Pvt. Ltd., 2019
                  SCC OnLine Del 8739.


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                   22.      The learned counsel for the plaintiff also submits that the plaintiff
                  may have no objection if the defendant no. 1 confines its area of
                  operation to the State of Gujarat and on a business-to-business model (in
                  short, 'B2B Model').

                  SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT NO. 1
                  23.      On the other hand, the learned counsel for the defendant no. 1
                  submits that there is absolutely no chance of any confusion being caused
                  by the use of the mark 'VASUNDHRA' by the defendant no. 1. He
                  submits that the class of goods of the defendant no.1 is different from that
                  of the plaintiff; they are addressed to different strata of society, with the
                  garments of the defendant no. 1 being priced in the range of around Rs.
                  1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) with nothing exceeding the said
                  amount, while the goods of the plaintiff are high-end jewellery, as per the
                  own contention of the plaintiff.
                  24.      He submits that 80% of the business of the defendant no. 1 is not
                  only B2B but also confined to the State of Gujarat. It is only 20% of the
                  business of the defendant no. 1 that is through e-commerce websites, that
                  is, Flipkart and Meesho, where, in fact, the plaintiff is not present.
                  25.      The learned counsel for the defendant no. 1 further submits that the
                  plaintiff has only a single shop at Pitampura, New Delhi and, therefore,
                  cannot claim pan-India reputation of the mark. On the other hand, the
                  defendant no. 1 has eighty persons employed at its two manufacturing
                  units, four warehouses and seven offline stores. Referring to the print
                  outs from the websites of Flipkart and Meesho, he submits that the
                  products of the defendant no. 1 are popular on these e-commerce

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                   websites and, therefore, the defendant no. 1's products have their own
                  reputation among a specific stratum of society. Between 31.05.2021 to
                  22.05.2022, the target consumers viewed the defendant no.1's products
                  60.14 Crore times, made 1.82 Crore clicks on its product listings and
                  purchased 1.89 Lakh units of its products translating to gross sales of Rs.
                  8.66 Crore on Flipkart alone. The defendant no.1's gross sales between
                  the period of December, 2020 to April 2022 was Rs. 13,30,84,966.80. He
                  submits that the defendants, therefore, have developed tremendous
                  goodwill and reputation in its mark.
                  26.      He submits that the submission of the plaintiff that it hired Ms.
                  Janhvi Kapoor for showcasing its product is misleading as Ms. Kapoor
                  had modeled for designer Punit Balana's new lehenga collection and had
                  worn the plaintiff's jewellery as accessories only.
                  27.      He further submits that various other marks which had
                  'VASUNDHRA' as the essential feature have been registered for various
                  classes of goods, the details whereof are given by the defendant no. 1. He
                  submits that, therefore, the plaintiff cannot claim any exclusive right to
                  the word 'VASUNDHRA', which is a common name in India, and
                  especially in the State of Gujarat.
                  28.      The learned counsel for the defendant no. 1 also refers to the reply
                  dated 01.07.2019 submitted by the plaintiff to the Registrar of Trade
                  Marks against the Examination Report, wherein the plaintiff itself claims
                  that the mark has to be read as a whole and being a device mark,
                  therefore, no confusion is caused with the other marks which also use the
                  word 'VASUNDHRA'. He submits that the plaintiff cannot be allowed
                  to approbate and reprobate.

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                   29.      He submits that the plaintiff does not have a registration in the
                  word mark 'VASUNDHRA' but has registrations for device marks in
                  Class 14. On the other hand, the defendant no.1 uses its device mark for
                  goods falling in Classes 24 and 25, for which the plaintiff has not
                  preferred any application for registration. He submits that the defendant
                  no.1 is, therefore, entitled to the protection under Section 34 of the Act.
                  30.      He further submits that even otherwise, the marks of the plaintiff
                  and the defendant no.1 are not likely to cause confusion as not only are
                  the two marks different, but also the marketplace, products, trade channel
                  are different. There is a huge difference in prices of the product and the
                  target consumer is also different. In support, the learned counsel for the
                  defendants relies upon the judgments of the Supreme Court in Nandani
                  Deluxe v. Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited,
                  (2018) 9 SCC 183; of this Court in Mittal Electronics v. Sujata Home
                  Appliance (P) Ltd, C.S.(Comm) 60 of 2020 decided on 09.09.2020 and
                  N. Ranga Rao & Sons Private Limited v. Sree Annapoorna Agro
                  Foods, 2021 SCC OnLine Mad 2916.


                  FINDINGS OF THE COURT
                  31.      I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsels
                  for the parties.
                  32.      The marks of the plaintiff which have been duly registered have
                  been reproduced hereinabove. These are all device marks and the plaintiff
                  does not hold any registration in the word mark 'VASUNDHRA'.
                  Section 17 of the Act states that when a trade mark consists of several
                  matters, its registration shall confer on the proprietor exclusive right to

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                   the use of the trade mark taken as a whole and shall not confer any
                  exclusive right in the matter forming only a part of the whole of the trade
                  mark so registered. In The Registrar of Trade Marks v. Ashok Chandra
                  Rakhit Ltd., (1955) 2 SCR 252, the Supreme Court held that where a
                  distinctive label is registered as a whole, such registration cannot possibly
                  give any exclusive statutory right to the proprietor of the trade mark to
                  the use of any particular word or name contained therein apart from the
                  mark as a whole. The proprietor of the mark cannot expand the area of
                  protection granted to the mark. The Division Bench of this Court in
                  Bhole Baba Milk Food Industries Ltd. v. Parul Food Specialities Pvt.
                  Ltd., 2011 SCC OnLine Del 288, reiterated that the distinctiveness to
                  which the registered proprietor of a mark can lay a claim is to what it has
                  gotten registered as a whole and such registration cannot possibly give an
                  exclusive statutory right to such proprietor qua a particular word of
                  common origin.
                  33.      Though it is equally well settled that for device mark, the essential
                  feature of the same is equally entitled to protection [Ref:- South India
                  Beverages Pvt. Ltd. v. General Mills Marketing India, (2015) 61 PTC
                  231 (Del)], at the same time, it has to remembered that in extending such
                  protection, the party does not lay a claim of exclusivity in a mark to
                  which otherwise he would have been unable to do so. The possibility of
                  the proprietor attempting to expand the operation of his trade mark
                  cannot be ignored or overlooked. [Ref:- The Registrar of Trade Marks
                  vs. Ashok Chandra Rakhit Ltd. (supra)].
                  34.      While considering the claim of exclusivity to the word
                  'VASUNDHARA' the claim made by the plaintiff before the Registrar

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                   of Trade Marks though may not act as an estoppel as held by this Court in
                  Telecare Network India Pvt. Ltd. (supra), it would still be a relevant
                  consideration. Before the Registrar of Trade Marks, the plaintiff had
                  sought to distinguish other cited marks with word 'VASUNDHRA' by
                  contending that the mark as a whole has to be considered. The plaintiff
                  cannot be allowed to approbate and reprobate.
                  35.      As far as defendant no.1's application seeking registration of the
                  trade mark is concerned, equally the defendant no.1 would not be able to
                  claim any exclusive rights over the word 'VASUNDHRA'.
                  36.      As far as the claim of passing off is concerned, in Cadila Health
                  Care Ltd. vs. Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 2001 PTC 300 (SC), the
                  following test for deciding the question of deceptive similarity was laid
                  down:-

                                           "35. Broadly stated in an action for passing-off
                                           on the basis of unregistered trade mark generally
                                           for deciding the question of deceptive similarity
                                           the following factors are to be considered:

                                                a) The nature of the marks i.e. whether the
                                           marks are word marks or label marks or
                                           composite marks i.e. both words and label works.

                                                 b) The degree of resembleness between the
                                           marks, phonetically similar and hence similar in
                                           idea.

                                                 c) The nature of the goods in respect of
                                                 which they are used as trade marks.

                                                 d) The similarity in the nature, character
                                           and performance of the goods of the rival traders.

                                                 e) The class of purchasers who are likely to
                                           buy the goods bearing the marks they require, on

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                                                  their education and intelligence and a degree of
                                                 care they are likely to exercise in purchasing
                                                 and/or using the goods.

                                                        f) The mode of purchasing the goods or
                                                 placing orders for the goods.

                                                         g) Any other surrounding circumstances
                                                 which may be relevant in the extent of
                                                 dissimilarity between the competing marks."


                  37.      Let me now apply the above test to the facts of the present case.
                  38.      In the present case, the fact that the plaintiff does not have a
                  registration in the word mark 'VASUNDHRA', while has obtained
                  registration in the various marks of which 'VASUNDHRA' is an
                  essential part would have to be looked into for determining the balance of
                  convenience              and    the    effect   thereof.    Equally,    the   fact        that
                  'VASUNDHRA' is a common name in India would be an important
                  consideration to be kept in view while deciding the claim of exclusivity
                  made by the plaintiff. Though 'VASUNDHRA' cannot be said to be
                  descriptive of the goods of the plaintiff or the defendant no.1, at the same
                  time, it would have to be considered whether the plaintiff has been able
                  to make out a case for grant of injunction across all goods or for the
                  goods that are in question in the present suit.
                  39.      The goods of the plaintiff and the defendant no.1 are not identical,
                  however, can be said to be remotely cognate to each other. [Ref:- SIA
                  Gems and Jewellery Pvt. Ltd. (supra)].
                  40.      When compared as a whole, though phonetically the two marks are
                  identical, visually they are different as the plaintiff's mark has a symbol



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                   'V' alongwith the word 'VASUNDHRA', while the defendant no.1 has a
                  picture of a leaf alongwith word 'VASUNDHRA Fashion'.
                  41.      It would also have to be considered that the plaintiff has only one
                  store at Delhi, while the defendant no.1 herein claims to have two
                  manufacturing units, four warehouses, and seven offline stores. Its goods
                  are available also online at Flipkart and Meesho, where the plaintiff is not
                  present. As contended by the learned counsel for the defendant no.1, the
                  goods of the defendant no.1 are aimed at persons belonging to lower
                  strata who are looking for cheaper garments while the goods of the
                  plaintiff are claimed to be designer jewellery aimed at persons belonging
                  to the higher strata of the society. In any case, the goods of the defendant
                  no.1 are in Classes 24 and 25, in which the plaintiff does not have any
                  registration.
                  42.      As the plaintiff is dealing in jewellery, its turnover may sound
                  enormous, but that alone may not be sufficient to, at least at this stage,
                  presume that the mark has obtained such reputation and goodwill so as to
                  be associated only with the plaintiff and for even other goods.
                  43.      Keeping in view the above parameters, in my view, the plaintiff
                  has not been able to make out a prima facie case for grant of prohibitory
                  interim injunction against the defendant no.1. As noted hereinabove, the
                  registration and use of the mark of the plaintiff is in a device of it, though
                  'VASUNDHRA' is a predominant part. Equally, 'VASUNDHRA' is a
                  common name in India and an exclusive right to use the same cannot be
                  granted to the plaintiff. The goods of the plaintiff and the defendant no.1,
                  though cognate, are distinct. Presently, the plaintiff has not even
                  contended that it has plans of trade progression, that is, to expand its

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                   business to other goods including those of the defendant no.1. The area of
                  operation of the plaintiff and the defendant no.1 is also distinct; with the
                  plaintiff being in Delhi, while the defendant no.1 being predominantly in
                  the State of Gujarat. The defendant no.1 also has developed suitable
                  goodwill of the mark in its favour, as is evident from its claim of having a
                  gross sale of Rs. 13.30 Crore approximately between the period of
                  December, 2020 to April 2022. Merely because the plaintiff deals in
                  jewellery items, which by themselves are more costly thereby resulting in
                  a higher turnover for the plaintiff, will not give a better right to the
                  plaintiff over an otherwise a common name in India.
                  44.      The plaintiff has asserted that the defendant no.1 has also used the
                  following mark:-




                  45.      The learned counsel for defendant no.1 submits that the above
                  mark shall never be used in future. The defendant no. 1 shall remain
                  bound by this statement.
                  46.      For the reasons stated hereinabove, the present application is
                  dismissed. It is, however, made clear that any observation made



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BATRA
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                   hereinabove shall not prejudice the plaintiff in the adjudication of the suit
                  or trial. The same being only prima facie in nature.
                  CS(COMM) 363/2022
                           List the matter before the Joint Registrar (Judicial) for further
                  proceedings on 28th October, 2022.


                                                                      NAVIN CHAWLA, J.

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