Hundustan Unilever Limited v. Ratan Soap Factory And 2 ORS

TAUSEEF LAIQUEE FAROOQUI TAUSEEF LAIQUEE FAROOQUI Date: 2022.06.17 14:12:04 +0530

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO.429 OF 2021 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.374 OF 2022 WITH LEAVE PETITION (LPETN) (L) NO.17326 OF 2021 WITH COURT RECEIVER'S REPORT NO.451 OF 2021 IN COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO.429 OF 2021 Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

...Plaintiff V/S Ratan Soap Factory & Ors.

...Defendants ------- Mr. Vinod Bhagat a/w. Mr. Atif Sayyed & Mr. Karan Khiani i/by G. S. Hegde & V.A. Bhagat for Plaintiff.

Mr. Kaustubh K. Kandpile for Defendant Nos.1 to 3. Ms. R. V. Rane, 2nd Assistant to the Court Receiver present.

CORAM

:

R. I. CHAGLA, J.

DATED :

13th JUNE, 2022.

P.C.

1.

The learned Advocate for the Defendants has sought leave to file Vakalatnama during the course of the day. 2.

The parties have settled their disputes. Consent Minutes of Order dated 13th June 2022 have been tendered. The Consent

Minutes of Order are taken on record and marked 'X' for identification. These are signed by the Advocate for the Plaintiff and the Advocate for the Defendants. This order is passed by in terms of Consent Minutes of the Order marked 'X'. I am satisfied that the Consent Minutes of Order are in order, not contrary to law and have been drawn by the parties of their own volition in refection of their true intentions.

3.

The Leave Petition under clause 14 of the letters patent is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). Leave Petition is accordingly disposed of.

4.

The Suit is disposed of and decreed in terms of prayer clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) in accordance with the Consent Minutes of Order which forms part of this Order.

5.

The parties have agreed in clause 7 of the Consent Minutes of Order that the goods and/or packaging materials bearing the impugned Splat Logo, the impugned pirated artwork and trade dress depicted on its LOGAN liquid detergent preparation, which have been seized by the Court Receiver, through the Additional Special Receiver, be desealed/opened by the Defendant in presence of the

Plaintiff's representative/s and the contents thereof, viz. Detergent preparation, shall be returned to the Defendant and the packaging material shall be destroyed forthwith. This activity shall be undertaken within two weeks from the date hereof. 6.

The Assistant to the Court Receiver has tendered the Court Receiver's Report No.451 of 2021 which has been filed in the Registry on 17th November 2021 and is accordingly taken on record. 7.

In view of the Suit has been decreed and disposed of, the Court Receiver stands discharged without drawing up of accounts upon payment of cost and charges to be borne by the Plaintiff. 8.

The undertakings, if any, in the Consent Minutes of Order being accepted as undertakings to the Court.

9.

Drawn up decree/ order is dispensed with unless the parties seek drawn up decree/ order, in which case they are entitled to apply.

10.

A soft copy of the Consent Minutes of Order will be uploaded as the second order in the matter.

11.

The Registry is to ensure that the hard copy of the signed Consent Minutes of Order is permanently retained on file as part of the record and is not sent for destruction in the ordinary course. 12.

Court fees are to be refunded in accordance with the Rules. For the purposes of Section 43 of the Maharashtra Court Fees Act and the proviso to that Section, today's date is the date of making a claim for repayment. The Prothonotary & Senior Master will issue a certificate for a refund of Court Fees computed according to the Rules. He will act on production of an authenticated copy of this order without requiring a separate application. 13.

copy of this order.

(R. I. CHAGLA, J.)