INTA Bulletins Law and Practice — Asia-Pacific
Subcommittee
Verifier: Sushant Singh, Supreme Court of India
and Delhi High Court
On April 2, 2018, in Superon Schweisstechnik India v. Modi
Hitech India Ltd./CS (COMM) No.750/2018, the High Court of Delhi
ruled on the issue of abbreviations of words being used as
trademarks for goods sold, techniques adopted, or materials
used.
The plaintiff, Superon Schweisstechnik India, was operating a
business geared to the repair and reclamation of welding
electrodes. The company's "umbrella" trademark was
SUPERON, along with which the company used the term "VAC
PAC" for electrodes that are vacuum packaged. The defendant,
Modi Hitech India Ltd., used the trademark GMM/arc for its products
and also used the term "VAC PAC" with its trademark to
indicate that its electrodes were vacuum packaged.
