Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed an interim order on July 10 and restrained the alleged infringers from manufacturing, selling or advertising the products with Reliance and Jio trademarks.
The Court said that they cannot use Reliance’s artistic work because the infringing trademarks are portraying a picture that the products have been manufactured by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
“Moreover, the product of defendant nos.1 to 21 are sold through online e-commerce platforms where consumers rely on brand name and logos to identify the origin of goods, in such circumstances, if any confusion between such products, if allowed to continue, could risk consumer safety. Therefore, in such a circumstances, this Court has to adopt a more cautious and stringent approach for judging the likelihood of confusion and to exercise greater care,” the Court noted.
