Flipkart Sample Opposition

Receipt No.
: 2506098
Date: 26/05/2020
Amount: Rs.2700/-
Ref No: A-4390540 Form
No: 1046713
FORM TM-O
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Notice of Opposition / Application for Rectification of the Register by cancelling or varying
registration of a trade mark / Counter statement / Request to refuse or invalidate a trade
mark under Section 25(a),(b) of Geographical Indication of Goods (Regulation and
Protection)
under the Trade Marks Act
REQUEST NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
FEE 2700
APPLICANT OR REGISTERED PROPRIETOR/OPPONENT/THIRD PARTY MAKING THE
APPLICATNION/REQUEST
Opponent Name FLIPKART INTERNET PRIVATE LIMITED
Trading As
Address Buildings Alyssa, Begonia & Clover, Embassy
Tech Village, Outer Ring Road,
Devarabeesanahalli Village, Bengaluru –
560103, Karnataka, India.
Service Address FLAT NO. GA, AR VILLA, 31, 3RD MAIN
ROAD, GANDHI NAGAR, ADYAR, CHENNAI -
600 020.
Mobile No 9840455047
Email address chennai@anandandanand.com
AGENT OF THE APPLICANT OR REGISTERED PROPRIETOR/OPPONMENT/THIRD PARTY
AS THE CASE MAY BE(if any)
Agent Name ANAND AND ANAND
Address FLAT NO. GA, AR VILLA, 31, III MAIN ROAD,
GANDHI NAGAR, ADAYAR, CHENNAI 600
020
Mobile No 9840455047
Nature of the Agent Registered Trade Marks Agent
Registration No 20695
REQUEST OPPOSITION/APPLICATION IN THE MATTER OF
DETAILS OF APPLICATION NUMBER 4390540
CLASS 9
REQUEST NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
GROUNDS OF OPPOSITION Grounds of opposition are attached separately
Date 26-05-2020 12:36 PM
Digitally Signed By
BHARATH MOSUR SUBRAMANIAN
for ANAND AND ANAND

[Agent]
Our.Ref.
AMD-4390540
To,
The Registrar of Trademarks
Trademark Registry
Ahmedabad 26th May 2020
Re: Opposition to Application No. 4390540 in Class 09 for registration of the

trademark ‘FLIPSHOPE ; GOLDEN CORPORATION’ in the name of Ashodariya
Nilesh Valjibhai, at 167-Ishwar Nagar Soc, Near Ranuja Dham Soc, Puna To Bombay
Market Road, Surat - 395010. Advertised in Trade Mark Journal No. 1939 dated 3rd
February 2020.
Dear Sir,
We act for M/s Flipkart Internet Private Limited, Buildings Alyssa, Begonia & Clover,
Embassy Tech Village, Outer Ring Road, Devarabeesanahalli Village, Bengaluru – 560103,
Karnataka, India, Karnataka, India, who is the opponent in the above matter.
On behalf of our client, we are filing herewith Notice of Opposition in Form TM-O along
with requisite fee of Rs.2700/-. A copy of Power of Attorney is enclosed herewith.
We request the Learned Registrar to the take the opposition on record and proceed further in
the matter.
Yours sincerely,
K.Premchandar
Advocate
Agent Code: 20695
Encl : Notice of Opposition in Form TM-O
Fee of Rs.2700/- POA
Opponent Code: 849727
Fee: Rs.2700/- Agent Code: 20695
FORM TM - O
In The Matter Of Filing Opposition

TO APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A TRADE MARK
(Section 21(1) of The Trade Marks Act, 1999; Rule 42(1) of The
Trade Marks Rules, 2017)
IN THE MATTER OF Opposition to Application No. 4390540 in Class

09 for registration of the trademark ‘FLIPSHOPE ; GOLDEN
CORPORATION’ in the name of Ashodariya Nilesh Valjibhai, at 167-
Ishwar Nagar Soc, Near Ranuja Dham Soc, Puna To Bombay Market
Road, Surat - 395010.
And
IN THE MATTER OF Opposition thereto filed by Flipkart Internet

Private Limited, Buildings Alyssa, Begonia & Clover, Embassy Tech
Village, Outer Ring Road, Devarabeesanahalli Village, Bengaluru –
560103, Karnataka, India, Karnataka, India.
We, Flipkart Internet Private Limited, Having Registered office at

Buildings Alyssa, Begonia & Clover, Embassy Tech Village, Outer Ring
Road, Devarabeesanahalli Village, Bengaluru – 560103, Karnataka,
India, Karnataka, India (hereinafter referred to as the Opponent)
hereby give notice of the Opponent’s intention to oppose the
registration of the Application No. 4390540 in Class 09 for
registration of the trademark ‘FLIPSHOPE ; GOLDEN
CORPORATION’ in the name of Ashodariya Nilesh Valjibhai, at 167-
Ishwar Nagar Soc, Near Ranuja Dham Soc, Puna To Bombay Market
Road, Surat - 395010, advertised in the Trademarks Journal No. 1939
dated 03rd February 2020.
The grounds of opposition are as follows
OPPONENT’S HISTORY AND COMMENCMENT OF BUSINESS
1. The Opponent, which includes its predecessor in title and its group
companies is an electronic commerce company headquartered
in Bangalore, Karnataka. The Opponent was founded in October
2007 by Mr. Sachin Bansal and Mr. Binny Bansal. The Opponent
has launched its own product range under the name "DigiFlip"
with products including tablets, USBs, and laptop bags. The
Opponent’s holding Company is Flipkart Limited, Singapore and
other Group/Affiliate companies include Flipkart Payment Private
Ltd., Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd., Flipkart Digital Media Pvt. Ltd, Ebay
India Pvt Ltd, Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd., Phonepe Private
Ltd., Instakart Services Pvt. Ltd., Adiquity Technologies Pvt. Ltd.,
Myntra Jabong India Pvt. Ltd., Jade Services Pvt. Ltd. and Myntra
Designs Pvt. Ltd.
2. As of July 2017, the Opponent (group level) was valued at US$ 12

billion. The Opponent now employs more than 33,000 persons. It
is submitted that Opponent initially started selling books and later
expanded to a wide variety of goods. Innovating right from the
start, Opponent has been home to few of the striking features of
Indian e-commerce. In May 2018, Walmart acquired a 77% share
in the Opponent for US$16 billion.
3. In the first few years of its existence, the Opponent raised funds
through venture capital funding. As the Opponent Company grew
in stature, more funding arrived. The Opponent repaid the
investors’ faith with terrific performances year after year. In the
financial year 2008-09, the Opponent had made sales to the tune
of 40 million Indian Rupees. This soon increased to 200 million
Indian Rupees the following year. The Opponent’s last round of
Fundraising had increased its value to US$15 billion, however, as
of February 2016, the Opponent’s estimated value stands at
US$11 billion. The Opponent was the first e-commerce company
to introduce cash on delivery and payment by card on delivery in
addition to others. The Opponent also tackled issues relating to
timely delivery of orders by ensuring that orders were delivered in
a time by launching its own supply chain management system.
4. The Opponent also acquired few companies like Myntra.com,

LetsBuy.com, Ebay India Pvt Ltd, Jabong.com etc., to expand its
presence in the market. The Opponent’s journey from a small
book e-retailer to India’s largest e-commerce platform inspires a
generation of start-ups. In a country where stereotypes are
common, the Opponent managed to break the norm and change
the ecommerce industry in India for ever.
5. The Company set up by the Opponent has been involved in its

service offerings across the e-commerce web network for its
prestigious customers. The company has one of the broadest
portfolios, with various products and variants. The goods and
services offered by the Opponent Company under the trade mark
“FLIPKART” have acquired unparalleled goodwill and impeccable
reputation amongst the public at large across the world, and
inclusive of India.
OPPONENT’S BUSINESS
6. The Opponent operates an e-commerce platform,

www.flipkart.com, and is the owner of the well-known
brand/trademark ‘FLIPKART’. The portal www.flipkart.com is an
online marketplace and a platform to facilitate transactions for e-
commerce and m-commerce of a variety of goods between buyers
and sellers. The Opponent is the first billion dollar company in
Indian e-commerce. The Opponent was also the first to implement
the popular ‘Cash On Delivery’ facility and ‘Payment by card on
delivery’ facility, which every online shopping website in India
offers as an option today.
‘FLIPKART’ website
7. The Opponent in the year 2007 commenced its website

www.flipkart.com with the objective of making shopping
convenient for everyone who had internet access in India. Today,
the Opponent is present across categories and its product range
include Large Appliances (AC’s, TV’s), Baby-care products, books
e-books & Media, movies, music, games & Toys, mobiles, cameras,
electronics including computers and laptops, healthcare &
personal products, home appliances Home & Kitchen products,
Sports & Fitness products, health foods, clothes, jewellery,
footwear, etc. The Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com presently
offers over 20 million products across more than 70 categories and
has 26 million registered users clocking over 8 million daily page
visits and handles 5 million shipments a month. Further, the
popularity of the Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com is
evidenced by the fact that the official Facebook page of this
channel has more than 7.3 million fans and the official Twitter
account has more than 1.86 million followers.
8. The Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com is a fully automated,

topically arranged and easy-to-use online services that seek to
provide availability 24 hours a day, seven days a week, enabling
buyers to locate the items for sale in fixed-price formats,
facilitating buyers to purchase items of interest, and all ‘FLIPKART’
users to browse through listed items from any place in the world
at any time. The Opponent spends huge sum of monies in
maintaining the said website.
9. The Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com is one of the most

popular and successful online E-commerce/shopping sites in the
world being the 87th most popular website globally and 5th most
visited website in India according to Alexa Ranking thereby making
it as a well-known brand in the trade. The Opponent also operates
its personalized mobile Applications which are amongst iTunes,
Google Play and Windows Phone Store’s most popular applications
which over 10 million downloads each, allowing end consumers to
shop anytime and anywhere on the go.
OPPONENT’S ADOPTION OF THE MARK FLIPKART
10. The trade mark ‘FLIPKART’ came into being in the year 2007 with
the establishment of the Opponent. The Opponent is thus the
honest and true proprietor of the trademark ‘FLIPKART’ by virtue
of priority in adoption, continuous and extensive use, widespread
advertising and the tremendous reputation accruing thereto in the
course of trade. The word ‘FLIPKART’ is a coined and fanciful
term, which has no denotative meaning and accordingly is
universally recognized as one of the most successful trademark
and trade name in the world of e-commerce. The ‘FLIPKART’
trademark/service mark, apart from being inherently distinctive,
has acquired substantial goodwill and is as an extremely valuable
commercial asset of the Opponent. It is well recognized that in the
virtual world, on account of the reach of the medium of Internet,
trademark/service mark rights are created much faster and more
extensively.
STATUTORY TRADEMARKS RIGHTS IN FAVOR OF THE

OPPONENT FOR THE TRADEMARK - FLIPKART
11. The “FLIPKART” Trademark is an invented, arbitrary and unique,

as they have no relation to the goods and/or services with respect
to which the same is used. Thus, the “FLIPKART” trade mark is
inherently distinctive of the goods and services of the opponent
and accordingly entitled to the highest protection, as per the ruling
of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in Caterpillar Inc V. Mehtab
Ahmed, 2002 (252) PTC 438 and Evergreen Sweet House V. Ever
Green and ORS CS (OS) 1154 of 2005.
12. The Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’ is an extremely popular

and well known trademark and apart from common law rights the
Opponent is also the registered proprietor of the said marks. The
Opponent holds prior trade mark registrations for the trade mark
‘FLIPKART’, ‘FLIPCART’ and ‘FLIPKART.COM’ both in word format
and in stylised format. The earliest registration for the mark
‘FLIPKART’ dates back to 13th November 2009, in India. The list of
Opponent’s and its Group/Associate companies non-exhaustive
trademark registrations in India of the trademarks FLIPKART,
FLIPKART formative marks standing in the name of Flipkart
Internet Private Limited and/or Flipkart India Private Limited are
set-out below.
S. Mark Appl No. Classes Status
No.
1883857 16, 35, Registered

41 &
1. Valid till
42
13/11/2029
1883858 16, 35, Registered

41 &
2. Valid till
42
13/11/2029
1883859 16, 35, Registered

41 &
3. Valid till
42
13/11/2029
1907967 16, 35, Registered
41 &
4. Valid till
42
12/01/2020
1907968 16, 35, Registered

41 &
5. Valid till
42
12/01/2020
2144505 35 Registered
6. Valid till
16/05/2021
7. -do- Valid till

16/05/2021
8. Valid till
16/05/2021
9. Valid till
16/05/2021
10. -do- Valid till

16/05/2021
11. Valid till

16/05/2021
12.
Valid till
16/05/2021
13. Valid till

16/05/2021
14. Valid till

-do- 19/06/2022
-do- 2350438 26 Registered
15. Valid till

19/06/2022
16. Valid till

19/06/2022
17. Valid till

19/06/2022
18. Valid till

19/06/2022
19. (Color) Valid till

19/06/2022
20. Valid till

19/06/2022
21. Valid till

19/06/2022
22. Valid till

19/06/2022
23. Valid till

19/06/2022
24. Valid till

19/06/2022
25. Valid till

19/06/2022
26. Valid till

19/06/2022
27. Valid till

19/06/2022
28. Valid till

19/06/2022
29. -do- 2350457 16 Registered

Valid till
19/06/2022
30. Valid till

19/06/2022
31. Valid till

19/06/2022
32. Valid till

19/06/2022
33. Valid till

19/06/2022
34. Valid till

19/06/2022
35. Valid till

19/06/2022
36. Valid till

(Color) 19/06/2022
37. Valid till

19/06/2022
38. Valid till

19/06/2022
39. Valid till

19/06/2022
40. Valid till

19/06/2022
41. Valid till

19/06/2022
42. Valid till

19/06/2022
43. Valid till

19/06/2022
44. Valid till

19/06/2022
Valid till
19/06/2022
45.
46. Valid till

19/06/2022
47. Valid till

19/06/2022
48. Valid till

19/06/2022
49. Valid till

19/06/2022
50. Valid till

19/06/2022
51. Valid till

19/06/2022
Valid till
52. 19/06/2022
53. Valid till

19/06/2022

Valid till
19/06/2022
55. Valid till

19/06/2022
56. Valid till

19/06/2022
57. Valid till

19/06/2022
58. Valid till

19/06/2022
59. Valid till

19/06/2022
60. Valid till

19/06/2022
61. Valid till

(B & W) 19/06/2022
62. Valid till

19/06/2022
63. Valid till

19/06/2022
64. Valid till

19/06/2022
65. Valid till

19/06/2022
66. Valid till

19/06/2022
67. Valid till

19/06/2022
68. Valid till

19/06/2022
69. Valid till

19/06/2022
70. Valid till

19/06/2022

Valid till
05/06/2022
72. Valid till

19/06/2022
73. Valid till

19/06/2022
74. Valid till

19/06/2022
75. Valid till

19/06/2022
76. Valid till

19/06/2022
Valid till
19/06/2022
77.
78. Valid till

19/06/2022

Valid till
19/06/2022
80. Valid till

19/06/2022
81. Valid till

19/06/2022
-do- 2350490 41 Reply To

82. Examination
Report filed
-do- 2350491 42 Registered Valid

83. till 19/06/2022
84. Valid till

19/06/2022
85. (B & W) Valid till

19/06/2022
86. Valid till

19/06/2022
87. Valid till

19/06/2022

Valid till
19/06/2022
89. Valid till

19/06/2022
90. Valid till

19/06/2022
91. Valid till

19/06/2022
92. Valid till

19/06/2022
93. Valid till

19/06/2022
94. Valid till

19/06/2022
95. Valid till

19/06/2022
96. Valid till

19/06/2022
97. Valid till

19/06/2022
98. Valid till

19/06/2022
99. -do- Valid till

19/06/2022
100. Valid till

19/06/2022
101. Valid till

19/06/2022
102. Valid till

19/06/2022
103. Valid till

19/06/2022
104. Valid till

19/06/2022
105. -do- 2350513 38 Registered

Valid till
19/06/2022
106. Valid till

19/06/2022
107. Valid till

19/06/2022
108. Valid till

19/06/2022
2748784 35 Registered. Valid

109. Till 02/06/2024
110. Valid till

13/02/2025
111. Valid till

13/02/2025
112. Valid till

13/02/2025
113. Valid till

13/02/2025
114. -do- 2901538 41 Registered

Valid till
13/02/2025
2901539 09 Registered Valid

Till 13/02/2025
115.
116. Valid till

13/02/2025
117. Valid till

13/02/2025
118. Valid till

13/02/2025
-do- 2901543 41 Registered and

119. valid till
13/02/2025
2901544 09 Registered and

valid till
120.
13/02/2025

121. valid till
13/02/2025

122. valid till
13/02/2025
123. valid till
13/02/2025

124. valid till
13/02/2025

valid till
125.
13/02/2025

126. valid till
13/02/2025

127. valid till
13/02/2025

128. valid till
13/02/2025

129. valid till
13/02/2025

130. valid till
13/02/2025

131. valid till
13/02/2025

132. valid till
13/02/2025
133. valid till
13/02/2025

134. valid till
13/02/2025

valid till
135.
13/02/2025

136. valid till
13/02/2025

137. valid till
13/02/2025

138. valid till
13/02/2025

139. valid till
13/02/2025

valid till
140.
13/02/2025

141. valid till
13/02/2025
142. valid till
13/02/2025

143. valid till
13/02/2025

144. valid till
13/02/2025

valid till
145.
13/02/2025

146. valid till
13/02/2025

147. valid till
13/02/2025

148. valid till
13/02/2025

149. valid till
13/02/2025

valid till
150.
13/02/2025

151. valid till
13/02/2025
152. valid till
13/02/2025

153. valid till
13/02/2025

154. valid till
13/02/2025
FLIPKART 2938391 09 Registered and

155. valid till
13/02/2025

156. valid till
09/04/2025

157. valid till
09/04/2025

158. valid till
09/04/2025

159. valid till
09/04/2025

160. valid till
09/04/2025

161. valid till
14/5/2025
162. valid till
14/5/2025

163. valid till
14/5/2025

164. valid till
14/5/2025

165. valid till
14/5/2025

166. valid till
14/5/2025

167. valid till
14/5/2025

168. valid till
14/5/2025

169. valid till
14/5/2025

170. valid till
14/5/2025

171. valid till
14/5/2025
172. valid till
14/5/2025

173. valid till
14/5/2025

174. valid till
14/5/2025

175. valid till
14/5/2025

176. valid till
14/5/2025

177. valid till
14/5/2025

178. valid till
14/5/2025
Valid till
179.
22/5/2025
180. Valid till

22/5/2025
181. -do- 2970308 35 Registered

Valid till
22/5/2025
182. Valid till

22/5/2025
183. Valid till

22/5/2025
184. Valid till

22/5/2025
Valid till
185.
22/5/2025
186. Valid till

22/5/2025
187. Valid till

22/5/2025
188. Valid till

22/5/2025
189. -do- 2970320 41 Registered

Valid till
22/5/2025
190. Valid till

22/5/2025
191. Valid till

28/5/2025
192. Valid till

28/5/2025
193. Valid till

28/5/2025
194. Valid till

28/5/2025
Valid till
195. 28/5/2025
196. Valid till

28/5/2025
197. Valid till

18/06/2025
Valid till
198. 18/06/2025
Valid till
199. 18/06/2025
Valid till
200. 18/06/2025
201. Valid till

18/06/2025
202. Valid till

18/06/2025
-do- 2989131 36 Reply To

Examination
203. Report filed.
Pending
204. -do- 2989132 42 Registered

Valid till
18/06/2025
205. Valid till

02/07/2025
206. Valid till

02/07/2025
207. Valid till

02/07/2025
208. Valid till

02/07/2025
209. Valid till

02/07/2025
210. Valid till

02/07/2025
211. Valid till

02/07/2025
212. Valid till

02/07/2025
213. Valid till

28/07/2025
214. Valid till

28/07/2025
215. Valid till

28/07/2025
Valid till
216. 28/07/2025
217. Valid till

28/07/2025
218. Valid till

28/07/2025
219. Valid till

28/07/2025
220. Valid till

28/07/2025
221. Valid till

28/07/2025
222. Valid till

13/08/2025
223. Valid till

13/08/2025
224. Valid till

13/08/2025
225. Valid till

19/08/2025
226. Valid till

19/08/2025
227. Valid till

19/08/2025
228. Valid till

19/08/2025
229. Flipkart Nearby 3036251 16 Registered

Valid till
19/08/2025
Flipkart Nearby 3036252 25 Registered
230. Valid till

19/08/2025
231. Valid till

19/08/2025
232. Valid till

19/08/2025
233. Valid till

06/03/2024
234. Valid till

06/03/2024
PERFECT HOMES BY 3556157 20 Registered

FLIPKART
235. Valid till
24/05/2027
13. Further, the Opponent and Group/Associate companies are also

the proprietors of the trademarks containing FLIP and KART as
listed below standing in the name of FLIPKART INDIA PRIVATE
LIMITED : -
S.No. Trademark App No. Class Status

1. FLIPPD 2325307 2 Registered
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022

Valid till
02/05/2022

Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022

Valid till
02/05/2022

Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
25. DIGIFLIP 2325331 2 Registered
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022

Valid till
02/05/2022

Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
Valid till
02/05/2022
47. 2343268 02 Registered
Valid till
(Color) 05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
(B & W) 05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
(Color) 05/06/2022
Valid till
(B & W) 05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022

Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
(B & W) 05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
Valid till
05/06/2022
100. -do- 2343322 09 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
101. -do- 2343323 10 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
102. -do- 2343324 11 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
103. -do- 2343325 12 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
104. -do- 2343326 14 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
105. -do- 2343327 15 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
106. -do- 2343328 16 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
107. -do- 2343329 18 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
108. -do- 2343330 20 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
109. -do- 2343331 21 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
110. -do- 2343333 26 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
111. -do- 2343334 28 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
112. -do- 2343335 35 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
113. -do- 2343336 38 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
114. -do- 2343337 41 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
115. -do- 2343338 42 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
116. -do- 2343339 45 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
117. 2343340 02 Registered
Valid till
(Color) 05/06/2022
118. -do- 2343341 03 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
119. -do- 2343342 05 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
120. -do- 2343343 06 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
121. -do- 2343344 07 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
122. -do- 2343345 08 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
123. -do- 2343346 09 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
124. -do- 2343347 10 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
125. -do- 2343348 11 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
126. -do- 2343349 12 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
127. -do- 2343350 14 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
128. -do- 2343351 15 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
129. -do- 2343352 16 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
130. -do- 2343353 18 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
131. -do- 2343354 20 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
132. -do- 2343355 21 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
133. -do- 2343356 25 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
134. -do- 2343357 26 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
135. -do- 2343358 28 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
136. -do- 2343359 35 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
137. -do- 2343360 38 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
138. -do- 2343361 41 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
139. -do- 2343362 42 Registered

Valid till
05/06/2022
140. -do- 2343363 45 Registered
Valid till
05/06/2022
141. 2621403 02 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
142. -do- 2621404 03 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
143. -do- 2621405 05 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
144. -do- 2621406 06 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
145. -do- 2621407 07 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
146. -do- 2621409 09 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
147. -do- 2621410 10 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
148. -do- 2621411 11 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
149. -do- 2621412 12 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
150. -do- 2621413 14 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
151. -do- 2621414 15 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
152. -do- 2621415 16 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
153. -do- 2621416 18 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
154. -do- 2621417 21 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
155. -do- 2621418 25 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
156. -do- 2621419 26 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
157. -do- 2621420 28 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
158. -do- 2621421 35 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
159. -do- 2621422 38 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
160. -do- 2621423 41 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
161. -do- 2621424 42 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
162. -do- 2621425 45 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023
163. -do- 2621426 20 Registered
Valid till
30/10/2023

Valid till
06/03/2024
165. -D0- 2693461 3 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
166. -D0- 2693462 5 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
167. -D0- 2693463 6 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
168. -D0- 2693464 7 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
169. -D0- 2693465 8 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
170. -D0- 2693466 9 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
171. -D0- 2693467 10 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
172. -D0- 2693468 11 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
173. -D0- 2693469 12 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
174. -D0- 2693470 14 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
175. -D0- 2693471 15 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
176. -D0- 2693472 16 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
177. -D0- 2693473 18 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
178. -D0- 2693474 20 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
179. -D0- 2693475 21 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
180. -D0- 2693476 25 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
181. -D0- 2693477 26 Registered
Valid till 06/0
3/2024
182. -D0- 2693478 28 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
183. -D0- 2693479 35 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
184. -D0- 2693480 38 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
185. -D0- 2693481 41 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
186. -D0- 2693482 42 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
187. -D0- 2693483 45 Registered
Valid till
06/03/2024
188. Flipskool 3233623 09 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026

Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
193. Flipschool 3233628 09 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
Valid till
12/04/2026
198. 3233638 09 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
199. -do- 3233639 16 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
200. -do- 3233640 35 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
201. -do- 3233641 41 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
202. -do- 3233642 42 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
203. 3233643 09 Registered
Valid till
12/04/2026
204. KART(WORD 2144525 35 Registered
MARK) Valid till
16/05/2021
205. KART(WORD 2144531 16 Registered
MARK) Valid till
16/05/2021
206. CF 2144512 16 Registered
(LOGO IN Valid till
COLOUR) 16/05/2021

(LOGO IN BLACK Valid till
& WHITE) 16/05/2021

& WHITE) 16/05/2021

(LOGO IN Valid till
COLOUR) 16/05/2021

& WHITE) 16/05/2021

(LOGO IN Valid till
COLOUR) 16/05/2021

& WHITE) 16/05/2021

(LOGO IN Valid till
COLOUR) 16/05/2021
14. Further, the Opponent is also the owner of copyright in the stylized
manner of representation of its labels/logos/artistic works as set
out below.
It is submitted that the aforesaid artistic works/labels/logos are an

original artistic works within the meaning of Section 2(c) of the
Copyright Act 1957 of which the Opponent is the exclusive owner.
The copyright in the artistic works/labels/logos entitles the
Opponent to reproduce them in any material form, including the
get up, lay out and arrangement of features, to the exclusion of all
others.
15. In addition, the Opponent has also filed applications for

registration of the mark ‘FLIPKART’ in other foreign jurisdictions,
as set out below.
Country Appl. No. Class Filing / Term

Reg. Date
European (i) 013804505 9, 16, March 6, -
Union (word mark) 35, 2015
(ii) 013804307 38,
(old logo mark) 41
Singapore (i) 16, July 21, -

40201512504T 35 2015
(ii) and
40201512511Q 38
(new logo mark)
European 014507248 9, 16, 26/08/20 Unlimited/
Union** 35, 15 Renewal
38 Fees due on
Entered in
and 31/08/2025
the
41
journal on
02/07/20
15
** Covers Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
SALES TURNOVER AND ADVERTISING EXPENSES
16. The Opponent has earned INR 22,535,427,156 in 2016-2017 as

sales turnover. Further, the Opponent has spent substantial
sums in advertising and in 2016-17 its expenditure was INR
7,211,184,598 in promoting and advertising their e-commerce
website www.flipkart.com. Further, the Opponent has also
actively promoted its website and the various offers/shopping
festivals and discounts appearing on its website.
REPUTATION ENJOYED BY THE OPPONENT IN THE TRADE
17. The Opponent’s e-commerce website has been the subject of wide
spread unsolicited media publicity and there have been various
articles appearing in Indian national and regional newspapers
featuring unsolicited stories on the Opponent’s website
www.flipkart.com. The Opponent has also been the subject of
numerous prestigious awards, in various categories which include
advertising, marketing, promotion, etc.
18. The Opponent has acquired enormous goodwill and reputation to

the extent that today the trademark ‘FLIPKART’ is fully associated
with the Opponent.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
19. The Opponent has been active and vigilant in enforcing and
protecting its rights in its mark ‘FLIPKART’. Actions taken by the
Opponent include filing trademark applications, issuing cease and
desist notices, legal actions including filing suits, raising domain
name disputes and filing trade mark oppositions, etc. The list of
actions taken against third parties and copies of orders are filed
herewith.
S. Suit No./ Respond- Impugned Details Of Order/Status

N Case No. ents/ mark Of Proceedings & Date
o Defendant /Domain Of Order
s Name
1. CS Shubham “FLIPKART”, Defendant undertook not
(COMM) Thakur & www.flipkart to use the mark its
254/2016 Another .com’ formative marks, domain
, Delhi ‘www.flipkar name www.flipkart,com
High t.discounts. and transfer the domain
Court com’ name
‘www.flipkart.discount.c
om’ to the Opponent as
per Judgement and
Decree dated
10/08/2016
2. SDRP 5 Shashikala Flipkart.sg Domain Name ordered to
OF 2015 D. be transferred to
Singapore Opponent vide Order
Domain dated 09/10/2015
Name
Dispute
Resolutio
n Service
3 Oppositio Alok FABDKART Proceedings before Trade
n no. Bansal Marks Registry,
801746 Ahmedabad
against
Applicatio
n no.
2234118
in Class
42,
4 Oppositio Gyankosh FLIPCLASS Proceedings before Trade
n no. Solutions Marks Registry, Chennai
899217 P. Ltd.
against
Applicatio
n no.
2893504
in Class
41,
5 Oppositio Arvind DIGIKART.C Proceedings before Trade
n no. Kumar OM Marks Registry, Delhi
877643 Singh
against
Applicatio
n no.
3223428
in Class
35,
6 Oppositio Nidhi, aimekart.co Proceedings before Trade

n no. Trading As m label Marks Registry, Delhi
872245 White
against Pearl
Applicatio
n no.
2939073
in Class
25,
7. Oppositio Nandgari Building Application abandoned
n no. Home eKart label vide Order dated
872246 Solutions 27/06/2017 by Trade
against Private Marks Registry, Chennai
Applicatio Limited
n no.
3100253
in Class
19,
8. Legal flipkartclassi Domain name
Notice fieds.com transferred to Opponent
Sent
9. Legal flipkartplus.c Domain name
Notice om surrendered to Opponent
Sent
10 Legal http://flipka Domain shut down by
Notice rt.big10- the owner
Sent sale.com/
11 Legal https://ww Domain shut down by
Notice w.facebook.c the owner
Sent om/FlipKirt-
Big-Sale-
2184806119
92776/
Notice rt-biggest- the owner
Sent sale.com/
Notice rt.big10- the owner
Sent sale.com/
Notice rt-biggest- the owner
Sent sale.com/
Notice rt-big- the owner
Sent sale.com/
16 Legal flipkartmobil Domain shut down by
Notice es.in the owner
Sent flipkkartmo
bilesin
17 Legal Domain shut down by
Notice flipkartoffers the owner
Sent .net
Notice rt-gst- the owner
Sent sale.com/
Notice rt.biggest10- the owner
Sent sale.com/tri
mmer.html
20 Legal http://www. Domain shut down by
Notice flipcartprice the owner
Sent s.com
Notice w.flipcartpri the owner
Sent ceonline.co
m
Notice w.flipcartmo the owner
Sent bile.com
Notice flipkartmobi the owner
Sent leoffers.com
Sent les.in/
Sent leprice.com/
Notice www.flipkart the owner
Sent shopping.in
/
Notice flipkartprice the owner
Sent online.com
Sent le.org
Notice flipkartwatc the owner
Sent hes.com
Notice flipkartshoe the owner
Sent s.com
Notice mobilesprice the owner
Sent online.com/
Notice flipkartmart. the owner
Sent com
Notice rt.biggest10- the owner
Sent sale.com
Notice miniflipkart. the owner
Sent com
Notice hdcflipkart.c the owner
Sent om
Notice flipkart-pre- the owner
Sent gst-sale.com
Notice myflipkart.c the owner
Sent om
Sent sale.com/
Notice rt- the owner
Sent redminote.c
om/#
Sent sales.com/
Notice rt-great-gst- the owner
Sent sale.com/
Notice http://flipka the owner
Sent rtpro.com/
Notice rt.big-gst- the owner
Sent sale.com
Notice rt.gst-sale- the owner
Sent offer.in/
Notice w.gozefo.co the owner
Sent m/bangalor
e/special-
sale/monso
on-megasale
Sent sale.in/
47 Legal RE: Domain shut down by
Notice flipkartmart( the owner
Sent com)
Notice flipkartmart. the owner
Sent com
Notice flipkartbillio the owner
Sent nday.com/
Notice www.themob the owner
Sent ileoffer.com
Notice themobileoff the owner
Sent er.com/invit
e.html
OPPONENT’S TRADEMARK ‘FLIPKART’ DECLARED AS A

WELL-KNOWN TRADEMARK BY HON’BLE MADRAS HIGH
COURT
20. I further submit that the Hon’ble Madras High Court in its
judgement and decree dated 13th September 2019 passed in suit
C.S.No.848 of 2017 (Flipkart Internet Private Limited –Vs.-
Somasundaram Ramkumar) has held and declared that the
Opponent’s trademark “FLIPKART” is a well-known trade mark
within the meaning of the provisions of Section 2(1)(zg) of The
Trade Marks Act, 1999.
21. By virtue of extensive and long-standing business for many years,

the Opponent’s mark has gained tremendous goodwill and
reputation for its services offered/rendered and goods sold. The
Opponent carries on business throughout the country and
worldwide, under the mark ‘FLIPKART’ and public and traders
associate the mark only with the Opponent and any unauthorised
use of the Opponent’s mark or any identical/similar mark for any
goods or services by any person other than the Opponent is illegal
and amounts to violation of the rights of the Opponent.
22. For the above reasons, it is submitted that the Opponent’s mark
‘FLIPKART’ has acquired tremendous distinction over the years in
relation to services, business and goods and the consuming public
and members of the trade solely identify or associate the mark
‘FLIPKART’ only with the Opponent and not with anyone else. It is
submitted that Opponent’s mark ‘FLIPKART’ has become
distinctive and solely identified with the Opponent and is a well-
known mark.
23. The Opponent is the true and lawful registered proprietor of the
mark ‘FLIPKART’, ‘FLIPCART’ and ‘FLIPKART.COM’ in classes 02,
03, 05, 06, 07, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 , 18, 20, 21, 26, 35, 38, 41, 42
and 45 as per the tabulation given supra and the said marks are
valid and subsisting.
24. The Opponent’s services rendered, and goods sold under the mark
‘FLIPKART’ are advertised widely and extensively in media like
newspaper and magazines and other media to reach every corner
of the country. The Opponent also owns and operates the website
www.flipkart.com since the year 2007. The said website is also
accessible from throughout world and allover India, with
numerous potential and existing customers visiting the same and
the website receiving huge amounts of hits.
25. The Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’ enjoys extraordinary

reputation and goodwill all over India and in other countries by
virtue of services rendered and goods sold under the website
www.flipkart.com. The said trademark is distinctive of and
exclusively associated with the services offered/rendered,
business and goods offered by the Opponent. By virtue of prior
adoption, long, continuous, open, substantial, uninterrupted and
extensive use, coupled with extensive adverting and superior
quality of services offered /rendered and goods offered, the
Opponent’s said trademark has attained secondary meaning and
are solely associated with the Opponent. Opponent’s online
presence extends its presence worldwide and throughout India. As
a result of such painstaking efforts taken by the Opponent, the
trademark ‘FLIPKART’ has attained the status of a well-known
mark and is entitled to be protected by this Hon’ble Tribunal under
Sections 11(6) and 11(8) of The Trade Marks Act.
26. The Opponent has acquired enormous goodwill and reputation to

the extent that today the mark ‘FLIPKART’ is fully associated with
the Opponent. The annual sales turnover of the Opponent for the
year 2016-2017 is over Rs. 22,535,427,156 and the amount of
advertising expenses incurred for the year 2016-2017 is Rs.
7,211,184,598. The Opponent has been awarded with several
awards in the country. The Opponent is now an INR 11 billion
turnover company. The newspaper articles, newspaper cuttings,
online extracts and advertising materials bearing the mark
‘FLIPKART’ of the Opponent would be filed at the relevant stage of
the proceedings.
27. It is pertinent to note that the use of the mark ‘FLIPKART’ in

respect of services rendered/offered has been on an extensive scale
across the country, so much so that the use of the word
‘FLIPKART’ would always be associated only with the Opponent.
It is submitted that there is and has been a strong consumer
association between the said mark and the Opponent, such that
consumers recognize the mark as uniquely to the Opponent, apart
from rendering the mark to be a famous and well-known
trademark among Indian consuming public.
28. The Opponent’s products bearing the trade mark ‘FLIPKART’ are
sold through the length and breadth of the country, by virtue of
availability of Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com. By virtue of
its prior and honest adoption, long, extensive and continuous use,
superior quality and high standard of services offered/rendered
and goods sold under the said mark, including the incessant
promotional and publicity measures undertaken by the Opponent,
the trademark ‘FLIPKART’ has become exclusively associated with
the Opponent. The Opponent submits that the said trade mark
‘FLIPKART’ is the highest selling brand of the Opponent. Thus,
to the consumers and members of the trade, the trademark
‘FLIPKART’ is exclusively associated with the Opponent.
29. By virtue of early and honest adoption of the trademark ‘FLIPKART’

in 2007 for its business, extensive and wide-ranging use of the
trademark ‘FLIPKART’ which includes services rendered and goods
sold through the domain name www.flipkart.com, sales turnover
of services rendered under the mark ‘FLIPKART’ which runs to
billions of Rupees, extensive promotion exercise carried out by the
Opponent both in the print and electronic media for the trademark
‘FLIPKART’ and expenditure incurred in this regard which runs
into millions of Rupees, recognition of the Opponent and its
services rendered under the trademark ‘FLIPKART’ by way of
awards, other accolades and other unsolicited articles and write
ups, numerous registrations of trademark ‘FLIPKART’ granted to
Opponent in India and abroad and successful actions taken the
Opponent in India and abroad to protect its intellectual property
rights over the trademark ‘FLIPKART’, longstanding and extensive
use of the mark ‘FLIPKART’ for many years and services rendered
and available all over the world and India under the domain name
www.flipkart.com over the internet, the Opponent’s trademark
‘FLIPKART’ has attained wide and extensive recognition amongst
the trade and public all over India and has gained tremendous
goodwill and reputation.
IMPUGNED MARK
30. The present opposition is being filed against the Application No.
4390540 in Class 09 for registration of the trademark
‘FLIPSHOPE ; GOLDEN CORPORATION’ in the name of
Ashodariya Nilesh Valjibhai, at 167-Ishwar Nagar Soc, Near
Ranuja Dham Soc, Puna To Bombay Market Road, Surat - 395010,
advertised in the Trademarks Journal No. 1939 dated 03rd
February 2020.
31. The impugned mark sought to be registered by the applicant is

‘FLIPSHOPE’ which is deceptively similar to the Opponent’s well-
known trademarks ‘FLIPKART’. The Opponent further submits
that it is very obvious that the applicant has blatantly copied its
well-known trademark FLIPKART, by merely minor changes to the
Opponent’s trademark. It is pertinent to note that the Applicant
has blatantly copied the Opponent’s trademark, thereby trying to
deceive and confuse unwary consumers with imperfect
recollection, to believe that the services rendered and goods sold
under the impugned trademark and the Opponent’s well known
trademark are originating from a single source. The confusion and
deception would be further accentuated by the fact that the goods
sold under the impugned mark are identical, similar, allied and
cognate to that of Opponent under their well-known mark
‘FLIPKART’.
32. It is submitted that the applicant’s conduct in adopting the

impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ as their trade mark, when the
Opponent’s trademarks ‘FLIPKART’ has been enjoying widespread
reputation and a thriving market in various classes for more than
one decade, clearly shows their mala fide intentions. In fact, since
the Opponent’s services rendered and good sold under the
trademark ‘FLIPKART’ are available all over India, including the
place where the applicant is residing/ carrying on business, he is
deemed to be aware of the Opponent, the services rendered and
goods sold by it and the extraordinary reputation and goodwill of
the trademark “FLIPKART”. It is therefore clear that the applicant
is trying to capitalize on the vast established market of the
Opponent. Therefore, the adoption of the impugned mark by the
applicant is malafide, dishonest, without due cause and in bad
faith. The applicant bluntly copied opponent’s trademark
‘FLIPKART’.
33. The mark applied for by the Applicant is neither distinctive nor
capable of distinguishing their goods and/or services from those
of the Opponent and hence the trade mark does not qualify for
registration under the provisions of Section 9(1) (a) of the Act. It
is to be noted that the opponent herein was the first in the trade
to adopt and use several ‘flip’ formative trademarks in respect of
various goods and services.
34. It is submitted that the impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ is

deceptively similar to the Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’
according to the provisions of Section 2(1)(h) of the Trademarks
Act, 1999. This is likely to cause confusion in the minds of ordinary
consumers and deceive them.
35. It is submitted that the registration of the impugned mark

‘FLIPSHOPE’ is contrary to the provisions of Section 2(1)(i) of the
Trade Marks Act, as it constitutes a false description which would
mislead the consumers and public in a material way, with regard
to the source and origin of the services rendered and good sold.
The consumers on coming across the applicant’s impugned trade
mark would be misled into believing that services rendered and
goods sold by the Opponent under the trademark ‘FLIPKART’ or
that the Applicant is in any manner connected in the course of
trade with the Opponent (which is not the case), allowing the
applicant to take advantage of the reputed status of the
Opponent’s trade mark ‘FLIPKART’.
36. It is submitted that the registration of the impugned mark, which

is in the first instance not a trademark, is prohibited according to
the provisions of Section 2(1)(zb) of the Act. The impugned mark
cannot signify in the course of trade an association with the
applicant and would only be associated with the services rendered
and good sold by the Opponent so that by its very nature it will not
be a mark in the hands of the applicant.
37. The Opponent submits that it is evident that the applicant has
copied the Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’ and adopted the
impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ which is deceptively similar to the
Opponent’ well- known trademark ‘FLIPKART’ for identical,
similar, allied and cognate goods, thereby making it difficult to
distinguish the services rendered and goods sold by the applicant
from those offered by the Opponent in the course of trade, and
thus the registration of the impugned mark is prohibited under
Sections 9(1)(a) and 9(2)(a) of the Trademarks Act, 1999.
38. The Opponent submits that by virtue of prior adoption, and long,
extensive, open and consistent use of the Opponent’s well known
trademark ‘FLIPKART’ in relation to various services and goods,
the Opponent’s mark has gained formidable reputation and
goodwill in trade in India. Hence, registration or use of the similar
mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ applied for by the applicant will lead to
confusion and deception amongst the members of the trade and
purchasing public and would facilitate the applicant’s attempt to
pass off the services rendered and goods sold by them and / or
enable others to pass off the services rendered and goods sold by
them as and for that of the Opponent. Innocent purchasers for
value without notice would be under a mistaken belief as to the
quality, reliability and other positive attributes of the services
rendered and goods sold by the applicant by a mistaken
association with the Opponent.
39. The Opponent apprehends that services rendered and goods sold
under the impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ of the applicant are
bound to be mistaken as and for the Opponent’s services and
goods. This possibility increases manifold due to the fact that the
impugned mark is confusing and deceptively similar to the
Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’ other than the fact that the
opponent also offers identical goods for sale on their platform. This
would be prejudicial to the Opponent’s business interests as well,
as there exists a likelihood of association of the impugned mark
with the services rendered and goods sold the Opponent’s well-
known trademark ‘FLIPKART’. In this context, it is relevant to
note that the impugned trademark has been applied for gods which
are conflicting with goods sold by the Opponent under the prior
adopted and uninterruptedly used trademark ‘FLIPKART’.
40. The Opponent apprehends that the services rendered by the

applicant under the impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ applied for are
bound to be confused and/or mistaken as and for the Opponent’s
services, goods and business. The possibility of this increases
manifold due to the fact that the impugned mark is deceptively
similar to the Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’ apart from
overlapping nature of services. This would be prejudicial to the
Opponent’s business interests as well. Therefore, the registration
of the impugned mark is contrary to provisions of Section 11(1) of
the Act. Thus, the Registrar ought not to have allowed the
impugned mark to be advertised. It is also important to note that
the applicant has also not justified adoption of the impugned
mark.
41. The Opponent submits that the very adoption of the impugned
mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ by the applicant is contrary to the provisions
of Section 11(2) of the Act. The Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’
is a well- known trademark in India and use of the impugned mark
by the applicant is likely to result in the applicant taking unfair
advantage of the reputation and goodwill subsisting in Opponent’s
well-known trademarks. The Opponent also submits that use of
the impugned mark by the applicant is likely to induce consumers
and members of the trade to infer that the Opponent is endorsing
the impugned mark. This would lead to dilution of the Opponent’s
trade marks in the eyes of the unsuspecting public, which has
been assiduously built up by the Opponent over the years.
42. The Opponent submits that the adoption of the impugned mark
‘FLIPSHOPE’ by the applicant is dishonest and any use of the
same in the trade is illegal. The applicant had no justification
whatsoever for adopting the impugned mark in relation to the
goods covered in the present impugned application, except with a
view to trade upon the goodwill and reputation attached to the
Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’. The applicant is trying to
confuse unwary customers with an imperfect recollection of the
Opponent’s trademarks. The Opponent submits that the use of
the mark applied for by the applicant in relation to services
rendered and goods sold will amount to passing off and the use of
the impugned mark thereof will cause embarrassment, loss,
inconvenience and hardship to the Opponent. The use and/or
registration of the impugned mark will be prejudicial to public
interest. Under these circumstances, the impugned mark is not
entitled to protection in a court of law and its registration in favour
of the applicant is contrary to the provisions of Section 11(3)(a) of
the Act. The Opponent further submits that the use of the mark
applied for would amount to a false trade description for which the
applicant could be penalized under Section 103 of the Act.
43. The Opponent submits that the impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’

would be prohibited from registration under Section 11(10) of the
Act in view of the bad faith and blatant dishonesty displayed by
the applicant in adopting the impugned mark, which is deceptively
similar to the Opponent’s well known trademark ‘FLIPKART’.
44. It is submitted that the applicant has made false and fraudulent
claims of use for the impugned mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ which are
outright false and denied and applicant is put to strict proof
thereof and hence the impugned mark is not distinctive. In any
event, the application has been filed on a “proposed to be used”
basis and therefore the impugned mark could not have attained
any distinctiveness. The applicant has applied for registration of
the impugned mark which has not acquired any distinctiveness by
use and thus the applicant cannot claim any protection as an
honest and concurrent user or any special circumstances under
Section 12 of the Act, since the adoption is fraudulent and malafide
and user, if any, is tainted with rank dishonestly.
45. As is evident from the above submissions, the Opponent is the

prior adopter, user and honest and true proprietor/registered
proprietor of the well-known trade mark ‘FLIPKART’, which is
conclusive. The subsequent, illegal adoption of the impugned
mark ‘FLIPSHOPE’ and filing of the instant application by the
applicant is in bad faith, malafide and tainted with dishonesty and
is hence void ab initio. In view of this, the applicant cannot claim
to be the honest or true proprietor thereof within the meaning and
scope of Section 18(1) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
46. The Opponent submits that the registration of the impugned mark
would lead to dilution in the reputation of the Opponent’s well
known trade mark ‘FLIPKART’. A reputed and well-known
trademark is one that embodies an aura of pre-eminent excellence
and is recognized irrespective of the class of goods or services for
which it is used. Since the Opponent’s trademark has already been
declared as a well-known trademark, the impugned mark must be
refused registration.
47. The Opponent has prior registrations for the trade mark
‘FLIPKART’ in India as set out in the preceding paragraphs of the
instant Notice of Opposition, and the impugned mark
‘FLIPSHOPE’ is deceptively and confusingly similar to the
Opponent’s well-known trademark for identical goods. Therefore,
the impugned mark of the applicant is liable to be hit by Section
29 of the Act for infringement of a registered trade mark.
48. The Opponent categorically denies any use claimed by the

applicant herein and puts them to strict and cogent proof of his
claims. It is submitted that in view of the illegal, malafide and
dishonest adoption of the impugned mark with false claims of use,
no harm or injury will befall the applicant herein if the impugned
mark is denied registration. On the other hand, the Opponent
submits that they will suffer substantial losses both financially
and to their reputation and goodwill of their well-known mark
‘FLIPKART’, if the impugned mark is allowed to proceed to
registration.
49. Under these circumstances, the Opponent submits that the

registration of the impugned mark would, for the above reasons,
be contrary to the provisions of Sections 2, 9, 11, 12, 18, 29, 103
and other provisions of the Act.
50. In view of the grounds and reasons set out in the premises above,
and in order to maintain the purity of the Register and in the
interest of the general public, the Opponent respectfully submits
that it is a fit and proper case for the exercise of the Registrar’s
discretion in favour of the Opponent by denying registration of the
impugned mark in the instant application.
51. The Opponent requests and craves leave to modify, amend, alter
and/or add to any of the foregoing grounds and reasons.
52. The Opponent therefore prays, in view of the abovementioned

premises:
(a) That this Notice of Opposition be allowed;

(b) That the application No. 4390540 in Class 09 for the
registration of the trademark ‘FLIPSHOPE ; GOLDEN
CORPORATION’ be refused;
(c) That the cost of these proceedings be awarded to the
Opponent;
(d) That the Hon’ble Registrar may be pleased to grant any other
relief he deems fit.
All communications in respect of the above proceedings may be sent

to the following address in India:
Anand and Anand

Flat GA and GB, AR Villa, Old No. 13, New No.31,
3rd Main Road, Gandhi Nagar,
Adyar, Chennai 600020.
Dated this the 26th day of May 2020.

for Flipkart Internet Private Limited
Anand And Anand
To,
The Registrar of Trade Marks
Trade Marks Registry, Ahmedabad
Private Limited, do hereby verify that the contents of paragraph nos. 1 to 29
of the Notice of Opposition are based on the records of the Opponent Firm
maintained in the ordinary course of business which I believe to be true to
the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the contents of paragraph
nos. 30 to 51 of the Notice of Opposition are based on legal advice and
Opponent’s submissions which I believe to be true, and the contents of
paragraph no. 52 of the Notice of Opposition are the Opponent’s prayers to
this Hon’ble Tribunal and nothing material or relevant has been concealed
here from.
Verified this the 26th day of May, 2020.
for Flipkart Internet Private Limited
Authorized Signatory

Flipkart Sample Opposition

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Flipkart Sample Opposition

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Receipt No.

BHARATH MOSUR SUBRAMANIAN

for ANAND AND ANAND

Re: Opposition to Application No. 4390540 in Class 09 for registration of the

In The Matter Of Filing Opposition

IN THE MATTER OF Opposition to Application No. 4390540 in Class

IN THE MATTER OF Opposition thereto filed by Flipkart Internet

We, Flipkart Internet Private Limited, Having Registered office at

The grounds of opposition are as follows

OPPONENT’S HISTORY AND COMMENCMENT OF BUSINESS

2. As of July 2017, the Opponent (group level) was valued at US$ 12

4. The Opponent also acquired few companies like Myntra.com,

5. The Company set up by the Opponent has been involved in its

6. The Opponent operates an e-commerce platform,

7. The Opponent in the year 2007 commenced its website

8. The Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com is a fully automated,

9. The Opponent’s website www.flipkart.com is one of the most

OPPONENT’S ADOPTION OF THE MARK FLIPKART

STATUTORY TRADEMARKS RIGHTS IN FAVOR OF THE

11. The “FLIPKART” Trademark is an invented, arbitrary and unique,

12. The Opponent’s trademark ‘FLIPKART’ is an extremely popular

1883857 16, 35, Registered

1883858 16, 35, Registered

1883859 16, 35, Registered

1907968 16, 35, Registered

7. -do- Valid till

10. -do- Valid till

11. Valid till

13. Valid till

14. Valid till

-do- 2350438 26 Registered

15. Valid till

-do- 2350439 28 Registered

16. Valid till

-do- 2350441 38 Registered

17. Valid till

-do- 2350444 45 Registered

18. Valid till

19. (Color) Valid till

-do- 2350446 03 Registered

20. Valid till

21. Valid till

-do- 2350448 06 Registered

22. Valid till

-do- 2350449 07 Registered

23. Valid till

-do- 2350450 08 Registered

24. Valid till

-do- 2350451 09 Registered

25. Valid till

-do- 2350452 10 Registered

26. Valid till

27. Valid till

-do- 2350456 15 Registered

28. Valid till

29. -do- 2350457 16 Registered

-do- 2350458 18 Registered

30. Valid till

-do- 2350459 20 Registered

31. Valid till

-do- 2350460 21 Registered

32. Valid till

-do- 2350461 25 Registered