Khaitan & Co. Represents Visa Steel

Khaitan & Co. represented Visa Steel Ltd. in relation to drafting the appeals under Section 91 of the Trademarks Act, 1999, filing the same before the High Court at Calcutta, preparing notes and also assisting the Senior Counsels for the hearing before the High Court at Calcutta. Our client preferred the appeals being IPDTMA No. 82 of 2023 and IPDTMA No. 83 of 2023, under Section 91 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 against the order dated 16 September 2023, passed by Mr Shraman Chattopadhyay, Associate Manager of Trademarks in an opposition filed under No. 236324 and 236325 against the application No. 1363190 in classes 06 and 35.

By a public notice dated 21 December 2021, issued by the Controller of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, applications were invited from the eligible candidates for hiring as Hearing Officers purely on a contractual basis. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks by an office order dated 28 November 2022, under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 delegated the various functions of Registrar to the associate manager under sub-section 2 of Section 3 of the Trademarks Act, 1999. The Court considering the submissions of the appellants, set aside and quashed the order passed by the Associate Manager and remanded back the matter to the Registrar, trademarks to decide the matter afresh by a competent officer.

The role of Firm includes drafting the appeals under Section 91 of the Trademarks Act, 1999, filing the same before the Hon'ble High Court at Calcutta, preparing notes and also assisting the Senior Counsels for the hearing before the Hon'ble High Court at Calcutta.

The core team consisted of Arvind Kumar Jhunjhunwala (Partner), VVV Sastry (Partner), Rahul Poddar (Associate).