Newsletter - May, 2025

A Delhi District Court awards permanent injunction in favour of Nike in an infringement action

[Nike Innovate C.V. v. Kotton Club, (CS (COMM) 534/2020)]

In the present matter, a Delhi District Court has awarded permanent injunction in favour of the Nike given that the defendant was found to be selling goods bearing deceptively and confusingly similar marks to the various trademarks owned by Nike, including its house mark ‘Nike’ and the swoosh design it is known for. The District Court found the defendant to have engaged in the sale of counterfeit products with the sole intent to deceive and mislead the consumers of the origin source of the said counterfeit products and that such acts were found to be of threat to the goodwill associated with Nike as well as loss of business due to sale of such sub-standard fraudulent goods.