Analysing The Landmark Judgment Of Burberry.

Case Analysis: Burberry Ltd vs. Mr. Aditya Verma

Introduction

The present blog is a Case Analysis ofBurberry Ltd vs. Mr. Aditya Verma.¹ The plaintiff, Burberry Ltd. is a leading company having acquired goodwill and worldwide operations for manufacturing and selling high quality leather fashion accessories and allied goods under a registered trademark "BURBERRY" with its logo and labels and thus protected under section 28 of Trade Marks Act 1999.²

Defendant, is engaged in the deceptive business of selling and marketing trade of handbags, wallets, belts, apparels, fashion accessories and other allied and cognate goods. The defendant is using the label "BURBERRY" having style and placement similar to that of the plaintiff. He is engaged in falsely describing its impugned goods with those of the plaintiff and misleading the customers. The suit had been filed under Sections 134 & 135 of the Trade Marks Act 1999,³ and Section 55 of the Copyright Act 1957⁴ in the