Sale Of Counterfeit Goods Goes Against Public Interest, May Render Brand Completely Useless: Delhi HC Grants ₹11 Lakh Damages To Woodland

Case: AERO CLUB v. M/S SAHARA BELTS

Coram: Justice Prathiba M Singh

Case No.: CS(COMM) 189/2019

Court Observation: “Such sale of counterfeits destroys the market for genuine goods and may render the trade mark and brand itself completely useless as large scale piracy of a brand, reduces the value of the brand. The sale of such counterfeit goods also goes against public interest,”

“Accordingly, the suit is decreed against the Defendant and the Defendant is restrained by way of a permanent injunction from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, advertising or in any manner selling any products bearing the ‘WOODLAND’ word mark ‘TREE device , ‘WOODLAND’ label or any other mark which is identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiff’s mark,”.

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