LABORATOIRES GRIFFON PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANR vs PSYCHOTROPICS INDIA LIMITED

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Digitally signed by MEERA MEERA MAHESH MAHESH JADHAV 3-IA-4006-2022 JADHAV Date: 2026.06.17 17:27:22 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4006 OF 2022 IN COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO. 256 OF 2022 Laboratoires Griffon Private Limited And Anr. ...Applicants/Plaintiffs Versus Psychotropics India Limited ...Respondent/Defendant _______ Dr. Veerendra Tulzapurkar, Senior Counsel, a/w. Mr. Rashmin Khandekar, Ms. Archita Gharat and Mr. Kiran Mehta i/b. Kiran Mehta, for the Applicants/Plaintiffs. Mr. Alankar Kirpekar a/w. Mr. Jash J. Dalia, Mr. Ayush Tiwari, Ms. Yasheswini Sharma and Mr. Anantkumar Nikam, for the Defendant. _______ CORAM : ARIF S. DOCTOR, J RESERVED ON : 21st APRIL 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 15th JUNE 2026 P.C. 1. The present Interim Application seeks to restrain the Defendant from infringing the Plaintiffs’ registered trade mark i.e., 'GRILINCTUS' (“the Plaintiffs’ mark”), and from passing off the Defendant’s products as those of the Plaintiffs. For convenience, reference to the parties in this Order shall be as they are arrayed in the captioned Commercial IP Suit. Page 1 of 37 Meera Jadhav 3-IA-4006-2022 The Facts in Brief: 2. Plaintiff No. 1, on 31st August 1972, obtained registration of the Plaintiff’s mark i.e., ‘GRILINCTUS’. Additionally, Plaintiff No. 1 is the registered proprietor of several other allied marks, of which ‘GRILINCTUS’ is an essential part (“the allied marks”). Plaintiff No. 1 then assigned the allied marks to Plaintiff No. 2 vide a Deed of Assignment dated 25th January 1988. Thereafter, on 8th March 2012, Plaintiff No. 2 reassigned all the rights and goodwill in the allied marks consisting of the word ‘GRILINCTUS’ back to Plaintiff No. 1 by a Deed of Assi