Cancellation of Trade Mark : High Court Explains the Effect of Trade Marks Act, 1999

Cancellation of Trade Mark : High Court Explains the Effect of Trade Marks Act, 1999

In an interesting case, Z has obtained the registration of the device mark in respect of identical goods for which the petitioner's device mark stands registered across 40 countries which discloses ‘bad faith’ on part of Z. Action of Z was termed trade mark squatting which amounts to ‘bad faith’ and fall squarely within the scope of sub-section (10) (ii) of Section 11 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and registration of mark of Z is liable to be cancelled under the provisions of Section 57 of the Act. 

Goodai Global Inc v. Shahnawaz Siddiqu [2025] GCtR 1903 (Delhi)