Madras High Court
Aqua Pump Industries vs Majestic Pride Industry on 5 January, 2024
Author: Abdul Quddhose
Bench: Abdul Quddhose
C.S. (Comm. Div.) No.285 of 2023
THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 05.01.2024
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
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and
O.A. No.998 and 999 of 2023
and
A. 6223 of 2023
1. Aqua Pump Industries
Rep. by its Managing Partner
Mr.Ramaswamy Kumaravelu
2. Aqua Sub Engineering
Rep. by its Managing Partner
Mr.Ramaswamy Kumaravelu .... Plaintiffs
Vs
Majestic Pride Industry,
Rajkot,
Gujarat – 384 002. ... Defendant
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 to grant a
judgment and decree on the following terms :
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
Trade Mark TEXMO as such or prefix or suffix in any Electric Motors,
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pumps and Agriculture Machines, etc. included in Class 7 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 deceptively similar to the Plaintiffs registered
Trade Mark TEXMO or in any manner infringing the Plaintiffs
Registered Trade Mark Nos. 315049 (SP-I), (SP-II) & 315050 (SP-I),
(SP-II) renumbered as 2702778, 2702779, 2702780 & 2702781
respectively and other registrations in para 8 of the plaint.
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 TEXMO as such or with prefix or suffix in any Electric
Motors, pumps and Agriculture Machines, etc. included in Class 7 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 identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiffs
Trade Mark TEXMO or in any manner pass off the Plaintiffs' 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 TEXMO or other deceptively similar
mark to the Plaintiffs' Trademark TEXMO,
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d) directing the Defendant to render an account of profits made by them
by the use of the impugned trademark TEXMO on the goods Electric
Motors, pumps and Agriculture Machines, etc. Included in Class 7 and
decree the suit for the profits found to have been made by the Defendant,
after the Defendant has rendered account and
e) directing the Defendant to pay to the Plaintiffs the costs of the suit
For Plaintiffs : Ms. Gladys Daniel
For Defendant : Mr.Vijayakumar
for Ms.N.Devi
JUDGEMENT
Both the parties have arrived at a settlement. The settlement terms
which is recorded in the Memorandum of Compromise between the
plaintiffs and the defendant, which is dated 13.12.2023 is placed on
record. However, the said Memorandum of Compromise has been
signed only by the defendant and their counsel, but has not been signed
by the plaintiffs. It has been signed by the learned counsel for the
plaintiffs alone. The learned counsel for the plaintiffs also submits that
on instructions that the plaintiffs are agreeable to the terms of settlement
as found in the Memorandum of Compromise, dated 13.12.2023 which
has been signed by the defendant and its counsel. However, she would
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submit that since the plaintiffs representative is at Coimbatore, she could
not get the signature today itself. However, she has no objection, if the
terms of the settlement are recorded in this Court's judgment and a decree
be passed in terms thereof. Accordingly, the Memorandum of
Compromise, dated 13.12.2023 which is placed on record, today is
incorporated in this Court's judgment and it reads as follows :-
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2. In terms of the above settlement this suit is decreed. Consequently
connected applications are closed.
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Index: Yes/ No
Speaking order / Non speaking order
Neutral citation : Yes / No
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