Lex Orbis reports that Rajasthan High Court on 29th July 2010 passed an order in the case of Hilltone v. Hilton refusing to stay the order passed by the Additional District Judge restraining Hilton from using its name with regard to the hospitality sector. In this case, the plaintiff (Hilltone Hotel located in Mount Abu) had filed a suit against the defendant Hilton International Corporation alleging ‘deceptive similarity’ to its own name. They also pleaded for Hilton International to be restrained from using the name ‘Hilton’. Hilltone Hotel had also registered their trademark before Hilton registered their trademark.

The District Court held that the defendant [...]

OUVRIR MON COMPTE CREATE MY ACCOUNT

  Un problème avec cet article ? / A problem with this article?