{"id":90013,"date":"2023-03-03T16:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=90013"},"modified":"2025-07-04T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:23:21","slug":"hermes-h-well-known-trademark-delhi-high-court-case-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/hermes-h-well-known-trademark-delhi-high-court-case-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court Declares Herm\u00e8s\u2019 \u201cH\u201d a Well-Known Trademark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Recently in a trademark infringement case between Herm\u00e8s International &amp; Anr. v. Crimzon Fashion Accessories Private Limited, the Delhi High Court ruled that the \u201cH\u201d mark of the French Luxury brand Herm\u00e8s International is a well-known mark. The Court considered the issue of well-known status after passing an order of permanent injunction against Crimzon for infringing use of the mark on its website.<\/div>\n<h3>Facts of the Case<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Herm\u00e8s International, alleging trademark infringement, filed a suit in Delhi High Court, against Crimzon Fashion Accessories Private Limited for using a deceptively similar mark. Herm\u00e8s\u2019 filed an application for a permanent injunction against Crimzon, for the infringing listings on its website using Herm\u00e8s\u2019 \u201cH\u201d mark, and for a grant of well-known status. Herm\u00e8s submitted that they are a well-known brand with stores set up in Mumbai and Delhi where the products of the plaintiff are displayed with their infamous \u201cH\u201d mark. Emphasizing on the separate catalogues created for their respective stores, and several articles and magazines, like Vogue, Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, etc., Herm\u00e8s evidenced the reputation and recognition of the \u201cH\u201d mark in India. Herm\u00e8s also pleaded trans-border recognition, since the inception of the \u201cH\u201d in 1997, used and recognized across the globe for goods ranging from Oran Sandals to Legend Sandals.<\/div>\n<h3>Considerations by the Court<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Court considered the presence of stores in Delhi and Mumbai, along with the reviews, recognition, and accolades received by Herm\u00e8s for the \u201cH\u201d mark. The Court considered Herm\u00e8s\u2019 argument that the \u201cH\u201d mark had trans-border reputation due to extensive use and promotion, since 1997, in international magazines, its own website, and other publications, globally, and through stores and events, in India. The Court also factored in the various international registrations for the \u201cH\u201d mark in over 93 countries including UAE, France, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, etc. The aggressive enforcement of the \u201cH\u201d mark against infringement, not only limited to India but on a global scale, also were presented for consideration. The Court, in line with the various factors enlisted in Section in 11(6) and 11(7) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, made a determination on the well-known status of the mark.<\/div>\n<h3>Judgement<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Delhi High Court, through Hon&#8217;ble Justice C. Hari Shankar, stood satisfied by the evidence forwarded by Herm\u00e8s and, accordingly, awarded\u00a0 a well-known mark status to the \u201cH\u201d mark. This judgement comes after an order of permanent injunction against Crimzon, passed in December.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>http:\/\/1g64.100.69.66\/jupload\/dhc\/CHS\/judgement\/14-02-2023\/CHS08022023SC9192022_163316.pdf<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/news-updates\/delhi-high-court-hermes-international-well-known-trademark-221628<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Authored by Ipshita Bhattacharyya (Associate, Banana IP Counsels), and Pranav Wadhawankar (Intern, BananaIP Associates)<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>About BananaIP Counsels:<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>This Case Brief is brought to you by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/copyrights\/\">Copyright<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/ip-news-center\/category\/trademarks\/\">Trademark<\/a>\u00a0Division of BananaIP Counsels, a Top ranked IP Firm in India. BananaIP Counsels trademark attorneys are among the leading experts in the field. 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You may write to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:contact@bananaip.com\">contact@bananaip.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0for corrections and take down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court has declared Herm\u00e8s\u2019 \u201cH\u201d a well-known trademark in India after considering strong evidence of reputation and global recognition. This follows a ruling in a trademark infringement case under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":66,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4025,6,11],"tags":[486,5361,5578,5,8697,1731,41,102],"class_list":["post-90013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-study","category-intellectual-property","category-trademarks","tag-delhi-high-court","tag-hermes","tag-indian-trademark-law","tag-intellectual-property","tag-luxury-brands","tag-trade-marks-act-1999","tag-trademark-infringement-2","tag-well-known-trademark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143565,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90013\/revisions\/143565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}