Background Litigation over the ‘orchid’ trademark between Kamat Hotels and The Royal Orchid Hotels (‘ROH’) continues. This dispute has been covered by Prashant here and here. After losing at the IPAB, Kamat Hotels filed two writ petitions before the Madras HC. Without using flowery words, the Madras HC dismissed these petitions. Though this was a ‘writ petition’ filed under Article 226, it reads more like an appeal. As we know, Article 226 is an extraordinary remedy intended to be applied in exceptional...
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