Santosh Vishnu Mardhekar, Thr. ... vs Arun Shamrao Mardhekar on 3 September, 2024
27. Full Bench of this Court in case of Lupin Ltd. (supra) while
dealing with a reference question "Whether the Court can go into
the question of the validity of the registration of the plaintiff's
trade mark at an interlocutory stage when the defendant takes up
the defence of invalidity of the registration of the plaintiff's trade
mark in an infringement suit?", held that there is no express or
implied bar taking away the jurisdiction of the Civil Court to
consider the challenge to the validity of the trade mark at the
interlocutory stage by way of prima facie findings. The purpose
of registered trademark was to prevent others from using an
identical trademark. Paragraph no. 34 of the said judgment
reads as under :-