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Madras High Court

Aquapump Industries vs Mr. Dilip Kumar Jain on 31 January, 2025

Author: Abdul Quddhose

Bench: Abdul Quddhose

                                                                    C.S. (COMM. DIV.) No.243 of 2024

                                  THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                               DATED: 31.01.2025

                                                    CORAM:

                                  THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE

                                        C.S. (COMM. DIV.) No.243 of 2024


                     1. Aquapump Industries
                     Tudiyalur Post,
                     Coimbatore 641034
                     and also at
                     No. 276/184, Linghi Chetty Street,
                     George Town,
                     Chennai 600001
                     Rep by its Managing Partner
                     Mr. Ramaswamy Kumaravelu

                     2. Aquasub Engineering
                     Tudiyalur Post,
                     Coimbatore 641034
                     and also at
                     No. 276/184, Linghi Chetty Street,
                     George Town,
                     Chennai 600001
                     Rep by its Managing Partner
                     Mr. Ramaswamy Kumaravelu                     ......                Plaintiffs

                                                   Versus
                     Mr. Dilip Kumar Jain
                     S/o. Amar Chand
                     25/1, 69th Cross Street,
                     Near Madduramma Temple,
                     17th E Main Road, 5th Block, Rajaji Nagar,
                     Bangalore 560010
                     Karnataka.                                            ....       Defendant
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                     Prayer :         PLAINT FILED UNDER ORDER IV RULE 1 O.S. RULES
                     AND ORDER VII, RULE 1 OF THE C.P.C. READ WITH SEC. 27, 134
                     & 135 OF THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999 prays for judgment and
                     decree which are as follows :-
                                  a) Granting a permanent injunction, restraining the Defendant, by
                     itself, their servants, agents, distributors, or anyone claiming through
                     them from manufacturing, selling, advertising and offering for sale using
                     the Plaintiff's registered Trade Marks AQUA GROUP /


                       TEXMO, AQUATEX, AQUA GROUP TEXMO, AQUA GROUP –
                     AQUATEX, AQUASUB, AQUASUB ENGINEERING, AQUAPUMP &
                     AQUAPUMP INDUSTRIES as such or prefix or suffix in any Cables
                     and Wires, Electric Cables and Wires, Electric Wires and Cables or in
                     any other goods manufactured and sold by the defendant or its trading
                     style or in any media and use the same in invoices, letter heads and
                     visiting cards or by using any other trade mark which is in any way
                     visually, or phonetically identical or similar to the plaintiff's registered
                     Trade Marks under Nos.315049[SP-I] [SP-II], 315050[SP-I] [SP-II]
                     renumbered as 2702778, 2702779, 2702780, 2702781, 762990, 1214570,
                     1280903, 1280904, 1285017, 1285018, 1409010, 1453388, 1598337,
                     1961986, 1961987, 1983236, 3807955, 3809250, 6186416 or in any
                     manner infringing the plaintiffs Registered Trade Marks TEXMO AQUA
                     and other Aqua formative marks.




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                                  b) granting a permanent injunction, restraining the Defendant, by
                     itself, their servants, agents, distributors, or anyone claiming through
                     them from manufacturing, selling, advertising and offering for sale using
                     the Trade Mark AQUA GROUP / ,
                     TEXMO, AQUATEX, AQUA GROUP TEXMO, AQUA GROUP –
                     AQUATEX, AQUASUB, AQUASUB ENGINEERING, AQUAPUMP &
                     AQUAPUMP INDUSTRIES as such or with prefix or suffix in any
                     Cables and Wires, Electric Cables and Wires, Electric Wires and Cables
                     or in any other goods manufactured and sold by the defendant and its
                     trading style or in any media and use the same in invoices, letter heads
                     and visiting cards or by using any other trade mark which is in any way
                     visually, or phonetically similar to the plaintiffs Trade Marks
                     AQUA GROUP / ,
                     TEXMO, AQUATEX, AQUA GROUP TEXMO, AQUA GROUP –
                     AQUATEX, AQUASUB, AQUASUB ENGINEERING, AQUAPUMP &
                     AQUAPUMP INDUSTRIES or in any manner pass off the plaintiff's
                     goods .


                            c) directing the defendant to surrender to the plaintiffs all the goods,
                     packing materials, cartons, advertisement materials and hoardings, letter-
                     heads, visiting cards, office stationery and all other materials containing /



                     bearing the Trade Mark AQUA TEXMO /


                                  or other marks deceptively similar to the plaintiffs' Trademark
                     TEXMO, AQUA and Aqua formative marks.
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                              d) directing the Defendant to render an account of profits made by
                     them by the use of the impugned trademark AQUA TEXMO /




                     on the goods referred prayer (a) & (b) and decree the suit for the profits
                     found to have been made by the defendant, after the defendant has
                     rendered accounts.


                                  e) directing the defendant to pay to the plaintiffs the costs of the
                     suit and


                                  f) pass such further or other order, as this Court may deem fit and
                     proper in the circumstances of the case and thus render justice.




                                        For Plaintiff              : Ms.Gladys Daniel



                                                            JUDGEMENT

The learned counsel for the plaintiff has stated that the parties have amicably resolved the dispute amongst themselves. A Memorandum of Compromise, dated 14.01.2025 has been filed recording the terms of settlement. The Memorandum of Compromise, dated 14.01.2025 has been signed by all the parties to the dispute and counter-signed by the https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 4/6 C.S. (COMM. DIV.) No.243 of 2024 respective counsels. The same is recorded. In terms of the Memorandum of Compromise, dated 14.01.2025, this suit is decreed. The Memorandum of Compromise, dated 14.01.2025 shall form part of the judgment. No costs.

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