Sale Of Counterfeit Products Has Become Prolific On Internet, Needs To Be Arrested To Protect Customers, Trademark Owners: Delhi High Court
Live LawThe Delhi High Court has observed that the sale of counterfeit or knock-off products has become prolific on the internet, which needs to be arrested in order to protect the owners of the trade marks as also the customers who purchase such products.Justice Pratibha M Singh made the aforesaid observation while dealing with a trademark infringement suit filed by Sirona Hygiene Private. "The Plaintiff's brand name is also likely to be diluted and tarnished if the sale of counterfeit products under the mark "SIRONA" and "SIROMA" is permitted to be carried on. Thus, the Court restrained Defendant No.1 from manufacturing, selling advertising, distributing any feminine hygiene products or any other cognate or allied goods under the mark "SIRONA" or "SIROMA" or any mark that was identical or deceptively similar to Plaintiff's mark "SIRONA". The Court also directed the three websites to give a complete list of all the sellers of "SIRONA" and "SIROMA" feminine hygiene products or any cognate or allied goods being sold on their platforms to the Plaintiff.