LPA 595/2026 & LPA 628/2026 $~40 & 41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 17.08.2026 # CNR No. DLHC010349092026 + LPA 595/2026 & CM APPL. 50277/2026 SIDDHARTH VIJ .....Appellant Through: Mr Mohan Vidhani, Mr Dhruv Sikka, Mr Saurabh Kumar, Mr Lakshya Gupta, Ms Mokshita Gautam and Ms Shreya Jain, Advocates versus PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION & ORS.....Respondents Through: Mr. Afzal B Khan, Mr. Debjyoti Sarkar, Mr. Manosij Mukherjee, Ms. Manya Jain and Mr. Amit Ranjan, Advocates # CNR No. DLHC010370492026 + LPA 628/2026 & CM APPL. 53285/2026 SIDDHARTH VIJ .....Appellant Through: Mr Mohan Vidhani, Mr Dhruv Sikka, Mr Saurabh Kumar, Mr Lakshya Gupta, Ms Mokshita Gautam and Ms Shreya Jain, Advocates versus PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION & ORS.....Respondents Through: Mr. Afzal B Khan, Mr. Debjyoti Sarkar, Mr. Manosij Mukherjee, Ms. Manya Jain and Mr. Amit Ranjan, Advocates Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:20.08.2026 17:54 Signature Not Verified LPA 595/2026 & LPA 628/2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO , J. (ORAL) 1. These appeals lays a challenge to the order dated 05.06.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge vide which the petitions filed by the respondents herein, was disposed of. 2. The said petitions were filed under Sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 seeking removal/cancellation of the entry in Trade Marks Register with respect to the word mark ‘PONTA’ bearing trademark registration no. 4134589 and device mark ‘ ’ bearing trademark registration no. 4885149 in Class-9, registered in the name of appellant no. 1. 3. We have heard Mr. Mohan Vidhani, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Afzal B Khan, learned counsel for the respondents on the earlier date of hearing. 4. Today, Mr. Vidhani and Mr. Khan have filed originals of the affidavits on behalf of the parties and the same are taken on record. The instructions by appellant no. 1 in the affidavit filed by Mr. Siddharth, would reveal the following:- “1. That I am the Appellant in the present matters and I am well acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the present matters and as such competent to swear this affidavit. Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:20.08.2026 17:54 Signature Not Verified LPA 595/2026 & LPA 628/2026 2. That the present Affidavit is being filed in compliance with the directions of this Hon’ble Court passed on 14th August, 2026 and pursuant to the mutual consent terms arrived at between the Appellant and Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 during the course of arguments of the appeals. 3. That I have personally verified the existing stock bearing the trademark PONTA and lying at the factory premises of my trademark licensee, Ms. Karishma Vij, Proprietor of M/s India Electrical Industries, which is approximately 53,790 pieces. A copy of the stock sheet is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure A. 4. That my trademark licensee and myself (trade mark owner) has ceased manufacturing electrical goods under the trademark PONTA and state that we shall not undertake any further manufacture thereof. The endeavour shall for selling and exhausting the stock to distributors, stockists, dealers and customers on or before 31st March, 2027. 5. That after 31st March, 2027, neither I nor my trademark licensee shall sell, offer for sale, supply, distribute, market or advertise any electrical goods bearing the trademark PONTA and . 6. That goods already manufactured and supplied before 31st March, 2027 may continue to remain in circulation thereafter with distributors, stockists, dealers, retailers, e-commerce platforms or other independent their parties which I have already sold. Neither I nor may trademark licensee Ms. KARISHMA VIJ, Proprietor of M/s India Electrical Industries shall be responsible for such third-party circulation, there being no fresh manufacture, sale or supply by us. 7. That any promotion or advertising during said period till 31st March, 2027 shall be strictly incidental to the sale and exhaustion of the existing stock and shall not be undertaken for creating fresh inventory or Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:20.08.2026 17:54 Signature Not Verified LPA 595/2026 & LPA 628/2026 expanding the use of the trademark PONTA and . 8. That all promotion and advertising undertaken by me and my trade marks licensee in respect of the said products bearing the mark PONTA and shall cease on 31st March, 2027 and I shall remove/delete online posts, advertisements and promotional material referring to PONTA and in my control and discontinue any username/handle incorporating the said marks. It is further clarified that I shall not be held responsible or liable for any listings, posts or other content relating to the said product that may continue to appear on third-party platforms after 31st March, 2027, where such listings or content are not within my control and cannot be removed by me. 9. That any finished goods bearing the trademark PONTA and remaining unsold on 31st March, 2027 in my inventory will be destroyed. 10. That the aforesaid undertakings are subject to the condition that the Respondent no. 1 and 2 shall not institute, pursue, or maintain any suit, proceedings, or claim against me and/or my trademark licensee Ms. KARISHMA VIJ, Proprietor of M/s India Electrical Industries for infringement, passing off, damages, rendition of accounts, compensation, costs, or any other monetary relief arising out of or in connection with the use of the trademark PONTA and prior to and during the aforesaid buffer period till 31st March, 2027, to the extent such permission to sell is expressly permitted by this Hon’ble Court.” 5. The Registry shall scan the same and make it part to the electronic record of these appeals. 6. Similarly, the affidavit filed on behalf of respondent no. 1 Panasonic Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:20.08.2026 17:54 Signature Not Verified LPA 595/2026 & LPA 628/2026 Holdings Corporation would inter alia reveal the following:- “3. That I state that the Companies acknowledge that the Appellant have undertaken before the present Hon'ble Court that there shall be no fresh manufacture or creation of inventory bearing the trademark PONTA/ . The Appellant has also undertaken that the existing stock bearing the said mark shall be sold/disposed of within such period as may be directed by the present Hon'ble Court. Further, the Appellant undertakes to cease all promotion and advertising of the said mark after such date as may be determined by the present Hon'ble Court. 4. That subject to the Appellant fully and strictly complying with the aforesaid undertakings, the Companies undertake not to initiate any fresh proceedings, institute any further suit, complaint, application or other legal proceedings, or take any further action against the Appellant in respect of their use of the trademark PONTA/ in respect of such goods. 5. That in the event of any breach, non-compliance or violation of the undertakings by the Appellant, including any continued manufacture, fresh creation of inventory, continued use, sale or offer for sale beyond the agreed period, or failure to dispose of/destroy the remaining stock as undertaken, this Affidavit shall not operate as a waiver, abandonment or relinquishment of any of the Companies rights and remedies in law, and the Companies shall be at liberty to take such action and pursue such remedies as may be available in accordance with law.” 7. The learned counsel for the parties state that by taking the stand taken by the parties in the affidavits as referred above, the appeals may be disposed of, binding the parties to the same. 8. If that be so, the appeals being LPA 595/2026 and LPA 628/2026 are disposed of in terms of the respective affidavits. The undertakings of the parties in the respective affidavits are accepted by the Court and taken on Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:20.08.2026 17:54 Signature Not Verified LPA 595/2026 & LPA 628/2026 record. The parties are bound down to the said undertakings. 9. It goes without saying that the Ld. Registrar of Trade Marks shall comply with the order of the learned Single Judge, more specifically paragraph ‘34’ of the impugned order dated 05.06.2026 within four weeks from today. 10. Pending applications stand disposed of. V. KAMESWAR RAO, J MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J AUGUST 17, 2026/rhc Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:20.08.2026 17:54