“MARQ” v. “MARC”: Delhi High Court affirms interim injunction in Trade mark dispute involving Flipkart
Minor differences and addition of house mark cannot outweigh phonetic and structural similarity between competing marks.
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‘NOVAEGIS’ is phonetically identical and deceptively similar to ‘NOVARTIS’; Delhi High Court grants ad-interim injunction in favour of ‘NOVARTIS’
The Delhi High Court opined that ‘NOVAEGIS’ was, phonetically identical to ‘NOVARTIS’, when tested from the point of view of a customer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection and thus, granted ad-interim injunction in favour of ‘NOVARTIS’.