IMPRESARIO ENTERTAINMENT & HOSPITALITY PVT. LTD. vs STAR HOSPITALITY

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$~19 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 9th May, 2025 + CS(COMM) 714/2024 IMPRESARIO ENTERTAINMENT & HOSPITALITY PVT. LTD. .....Plaintiff Through: Ms. Shikha Sachdeva and Mr. Kriti Rathi, Advocates. versus STAR HOSPITALITY .....Defendant Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present suit has been filed seeking relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendant from infringement of trademarks and copyright and passing off of their goods as those of the plaintiff, along with other ancillary reliefs. CASE SET UP BY THE PLAINTIFF 2. The case set up by the plaintiff in the plaint is as follows: 2.1. The plaintiff is an incorporated company that commenced its business in the year 2001 and has opened various well-known and award-winning restaurants under different names, using the word ‘SOCIAL’. The plaintiff is engaged in providing restaurant services, including but not limited to Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM) 714/2024 Page 1 of 8 By:VIVEK MISHRA Signing Date:26.05.2025 17:45:34 conducting and managing restaurants and coffee shops, operating restaurants and coffee shops and providing expertise relating to the provision of food and drinks. 2.2. The plaintiff in the year 2011-2012 thought of a unique concept of blending the best of offices and cafes by offering to the general public a collaborative workspace and a multi-cuisine restaurant and the trademark ‘SOCIAL’ was adopted in respect of such cafes. The first ‘SOCIAL’ restaurant/bar of the plaintiff was opened in the year 2014 in Bengaluru. 2.3. The business model of the plaintiff was to open multiple ‘SOCIAL’ restaurants/bars in one city, they coined the unique concept of prefixing the trade mark ‘SOCIAL’ with the particular ar