Bombay high court restrains Chinese firm in copyright case

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently restrained a Chinese company and its website from infringing a trademark of an Indian jewellery company by using same or any deceptively similar trademarks and from "conducting jewellery business" with such mark.
Justice SC Gupte passed the interim order on an application filed by Indian Fine Jewellery against a Chinese manufacturing company for alleged infringement of trademark and copyright of goods.The judge after hearing counsel Nausher Kohli with advocate Jay Vakil for the Indian company also directed the Chinese company to "disclose on oath particulars of sale by them using the infringing website".
Counsel Bharat Gandhi with advocate SV Newaskar for the Chinese company said their client has already placed on record its sales registered for August to October 2019. The court said further disclosure thus may not be made.
The Indian company's case is that it came across a website offering jewellery for sale. It claimed to place orders and received jewellery under its brandname.
The HC order noted that a Chinese manufacturer appeared to be owning the website. "The Chinese manufacturer also had an Indian representative appointed for sales in India." The HC will hear the matter next on December 13.