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Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. v. B. Vijaya Sai and Others

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Bench L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 19 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the High Court fell in error by interfering with the well-reasoned order of the trial court and so, the present appeal deserves to be allowed.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Trade Marks Act, 1999 – s.29(2)(c) r/w s.29(3); ss.29(4), (5), 29(9), 30 – Infringement of trade mark – Mark identical to the registered trade mark and also used in relation to identical goods/ services – Presumption u/s.29(3) – Appellant filed suit for permanent injunction to restrain the respondents from using the trade mark “SAI RENAISSANCE” or any other trade mark identical with their trade mark “RENAISSANCE” used by it for its hospitality business throughout the world since 1981 and in India since 1990 – Respondents restrained inter alia from using the trade mark “SAI RENAISSANCE” or any…

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