Bombay High Court Stays Blanket Ban on Kirloskar Proprietary’s ‘Kirloskar’ Trademark Licensing

The Bombay High Court has stayed a Pune trial court’s order that had barred Kirloskar Proprietary Limited (KPL) from licensing the ‘Kirloskar’ trademark.

The Court allowed KPL to continue licensing the mark to its group companies, as it has done for decades, but restricted it from licensing or assigning the trademark in businesses overlapping with Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL).

The Court held that the trial court overreached its powers by disrupting a long-standing arrangement.

The dispute arises from internal family tensions over trademark usage within the Kirloskar group. The matter will be heard next on August 11.

[Kirloaskar Propriety Limited vs. Kirloskar Brothers Limited]