Sivaji Hi-Tek Foods Private Limited v. V.K.R.Venkatesan Properitor Of Vkr Prakash Modern Rice Mill

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 04.10.2023

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY (T) OP(TM)/318/2023 (ORA/36/2019/TM/CHN) Sivaji Hi-Tek Foods Private Limited, #100, Medavakkam Main Road, Keelkattalai, Chennai - 600 117.

... Petitioner -vs1.V.K.R.Venkatesan Proprietor of VKR Prakash Modern Rice Mill # 34/8, Kalleripattu Colony Road, Arni Taluk, Thiruvannamalai District.

2.The Registrar of Trade Marks, Office of Trade Marks Registry, IPR Building, SIDCO Industrial Estate, GST Road, Guindy, Chennai 600 032.

... Respondents PRAYER: Transfer Original Petition (Trademarks) filed under Sections 9(1)(a), 9(2)(b), 11(1), 11(2), 18(1), 47(1)(a), 47(1)(b), 57(1), 57(2) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, praying to remove / expunge / 1/4

rectify / cancel the entry relating to the trade mark SIVAJI (Device Mark) under Trade Mark Registration No.3046991 in Class 30. For Petitioner : No Appearance For Respondent 1 : Mr.Arun C.Mohan For Respondent 2 : Mr.K.Subbu Ranga Bharathi, CGSC **********

ORDER

The bailiff's report dated 08.08.2023 contains evidence of service of notice on Mr.A.V.B.Krishnakanth, learned counsel who acted for the petitioner in proceedings before the IPAB, on 07.08.2023. The bailiff's report dated 05.08.2023 records that notice could not be served directly on the petitioner because the address specified is insufficient.

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2. Mr.A.V.B.Krishnakanth submits that he has no instructions to prosecute the petition on behalf of the petitioner and that he is unaware of an alternative address for service of notice on the petitioner. In these circumstances, the petition cannot be proceeded with.

3. Consequently, (T)OP(TM)/318/2023 is dismissed for nonprosecution without any order as to costs. 04.10.2023 rna Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J 3/4

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