The Delhi High Court saw an infringement suit decided in favour of the international cosmetics brand Revlon. The order, which we laid hands on earlier today, was passed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat, who has had an eventful (some would say even illustrious) tenure in deciding IP matters in Delhi. (Image from here)Revlon had filed a suit against a Delhi-based businessman and his associate companies who were using the mark Revon in their trade. Specifically, the defendants operated two websites: http://www.revonbeauty.com (which is now “under construction”) and http://www.naturesmagicworld.com, which came under scrutiny in this case.
The first website was that of a beauty magazine called Revon, which the plaintiffs objected to as infringing the rights. The second website/enterprise, in which the former has a controlling stake, manufactures cosmetics under the brand “Nature’s Essence”, which were regularly advertised in Revon magazine.
Interestingly, the website of the magazine alleged to be infringing the international brand (www.revonbeauty.com) seems to have gone off the virtual radar, but a cover grab of its latest edition could be found on the second website, i.e., http://www.naturesmagicworld.com – from where this image is taken.
The upshot of it all is that Justice Bhat has passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the defendants, restraining them from using the mark Revon or any mark similar to that of the plaintiffs in any manner.
SpicyIP would like to thank Ashish Prasad of Lall and Sethi for bringing this to our attention.
