Newsletter - April, 2025

The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of ‘Tata Copper+ Water’

[Tata Sons Private Limited & Anr. vs. Malla Rajiv (CS(COMM) 129/2024)]

The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of Tata Sons Private Limited (‘Plaintiff’), prohibiting M/s. JK Enterprises and its proprietor, Malla Rajiv (‘Defendant’), from infringing the trademark and copyright of Tata’s packaged mineral water product, ‘Tata Copper+ Water,’ through their product ‘JK Copper+ Water.’

The Defendant, marketing and selling packaged drinking water under the brand name ‘JK Copper+ Water,’ was found to have copied the essential features of Plaintiff’s trade dress, including its unique packaging and artistic work. The Court recognized Plaintiff’s long-standing reputation and goodwill, built since 2012, as India’s first nutrient packaged drinking water. It concluded that the striking similarities between the two products were intended to mislead consumers and traders, misappropriating Plaintiff’s goodwill. In addition to permanently restraining the Defendant from using the Plaintiff’s trademark, the Court ordered the Defendant to pay Rs. 10 lakh in damages to the Plaintiff.