New Delhi, Feb 24.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained Sona Mandhira from using Sona BLW’s trademark/trade name/logo “SONA” in any manner or any other trademark/trade name/logo containing ‘SONA’.
Justice Navin Chawla granted an interim injunction on Feb 22, 2023. Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Sona BLW) had filed a suit against use of its registered and well-known trademark “SONA”, by Sona Mandhira Pvt. Ltd.
Sona BLW claimed that Sona Mandhira had deliberately and illegally adopted a completely identical trade name “SONA” as part of its corporate name, despite being fully aware of Sona BLW and its predecessors uninterrupted, long, and continuous usage of the trademark.
The corporate name of Sona Mandhira was only changed recently on June 22, 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, it claimed.
Since the corporate name was with respect to similar/ancillary services and goods, such as automobile parts etc. its use was unauthorised, illegal and malafide, Sona BLW argued.
Sona Mandhira on its part contended that the case was essentially a family dispute between Sunjay Kapur i.e. Chairman of the Sona BLW, Ms. Mandira Koirala, his sister, and his mother Ms. Rani Kapur.
(Sona BLW was represented by senior advocates Akhil Sibal and Rajshekhar Rao and was briefed by the team of Karanjawala & Company led by Ms. Meghna Mishra – Partner, Ankit Rajgarhia, Principal Associate, Tarun Sharma, Senior Associate, Meeran Maqbool and Karanveer Kathuria, associates.
Sona Mandhira was represented by senior advocates Rajiv Nayar and Dayan Krishnan, and was briefed by the team of Agarwal Law Associates.)
