Ratan Tata is a identified determine, his trademark have to be protected: Delhi Excessive Courtroom
Feb 11, 2025 04:22 PM IST
Ratan Tata is a well known determine and his trademark deserves to be protected, the Delhi Excessive Courtroom has dominated.
The Delhi excessive courtroom dominated final week that late industrialist Ratan Tata, who was on the helm of Tata Group firms for many years, is a well known determine and his trademark have to be protected.
The courtroom was listening to a petition filed by Tata Group and Sir Ratan Tata Belief and noticed that it’s “manifest that the identify of late Shri Ratan Tata is a well known private identify/mark, which must be shielded from any unauthorised use by any third celebration”.
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Tata Group and the belief have additionally sought damages price over ₹2 crore for allegedly inflicting hurt to their fame and goodwill. In response to the lawsuit, Srivastava selected to proceed promoting and publishing an unauthorised occasion and award regardless of being notified.
The courtroom additional restrained a journalist from utilizing the identify “Ratan Tata Nationwide Icon Award” or the emblems “Tata” and “Tata Trusts” for an occasion being organised by him.
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What did the courtroom say?
Justice Mini Pushkarna handed the order as media outlet Delhi As we speak Group’s Founder Rajat Srivastava agreed to not use Ratan Tata’s identify. The Excessive Courtroom additionally ordered Srivastava to provide an enterprise in direction of the identical.
It added that Srivastava’s actions present he deliberately put up posts which wrongly claimed affiliation with Ratan Tata and misuse his identify by unauthorisedly utilizing his registered marks.
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Justice Pushkarna famous that the journalist’s actions had been in unhealthy religion and had been an “egregious infringement of plaintiffs’ statutory and authorized rights, to have a free experience on the large goodwill of the plaintiffs and that of the late Ratan Tata, to profit from and acquire publicity out of the late Mr Tata’s distinct and broadly regarded character and public persona”.
The courtroom additionally famous that Srivastava falsely claimed help from an affiliation with Tata Trusts and its former chairman.
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