Delhi HC upholds permanent injunction favouring Lacoste

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a permanent injunction restraining Hong Kong-based Crocodile International from using a crocodile device mark found to infringe the trademark and copyright of French luxury sportswear brand Lacoste.

A Bench of Justices Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla held that Lacoste had successfully established infringement of its registered crocodile trademark as well as copyright in the artwork of the logo.

The Court, therefore, affirmed the permanent injunction granted in favour of Lacoste, restraining Crocodile from reproducing or using the mark. Both companies were engaged in a legal battle for more than a decade.