Issue of Whether Civil Judges Can Hear Trade Mark Infringement Suits Referred to Larger Bench: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench a dispute over which court can hear certain trade mark infringement suits in states where a Civil Judge (Senior Division) has been notified as a Commercial Court. The matter arose in an appeal by I.S.D.S. Private Limited & Anr. against M/s Khemka Food Products Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. The dispute concerns Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the…
