Interim trade mark injunction made absolute, with related applications disposed of on recorded statements and suit directions.

Interim trade mark protection was continued and made absolute in the plaintiff's injunction application, while the connected injunction proceedings were disposed of on the basis of the parties' statements and directions in the suit. The defendants 1 to 3 were proceeded ex parte, defendant No. 4 filed a written statement, and the court also recorded the plaintiff's statement that it had no intention to assign the trade mark to any third party. That statement was directed to operate during the pendency of the suit.

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Issues: Whether the interim injunction granted earlier should be made absolute and whether the connected injunction applications should be disposed of on the basis of the parties' statements and directions issued in the suit.

Analysis: The defendants 1 to 3 were proceeded ex parte. The defendant No. 4 filed a written statement and the replication was filed. Time was granted to the parties to place original documents on record for admission and denial. In the plaintiff's injunction application, the interim order granted earlier was continued and made absolute. In the defendant No. 4's injunction application, the plaintiff's statement that it had no intention to assign the trade mark to any third party was recorded and directed to continue during the pendency of the suit.

Conclusion: The plaintiff obtained continuation of interim protection and the connected injunction matters were disposed of in terms of the recorded directions.

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