Delhi HC rules against Jaipur-based cafe - ‘Frappuccino a Starbucks trademark’:
Awarding litigation costs of over Rs. 13 lakh, the Delhi High Court recently held in favour of popular coffeehouse chain Starbucks Corporation and permanently restrained a Jaipur-based cafe for using its registered Frappuccino trademark illegally.
A single judge bench of Justice Navin Chawla was hearing a plea moved by the American multinational corporation claiming that it is the “registered proprietor of the trademark ‘FRAPPUCCINO’”, wherein the HC held that Starbucks has a “worldwide reputation in the said mark”.
