MUMBAI: The Delhi excessive court docket has dismissed e-commerce agency Flipkart’s enchantment claiming unique rights over “MarQ”, its personal label for digital home equipment launched in 2017, in a trademark dispute with Delhi-based Marc Enterprises.
Justice Tejas Karia mentioned the enchantment stood dismissed. The ruling was pronounced on 10 April, whereas the written order was launched later. Mint has seen a duplicate of the order.
Throughout the listening to, counsel for Flipkart instructed the court docket that some stock bearing the “MarQ” model stays out there and sought 4 weeks to clear the inventory. Amit Amitabh Suman, representing Marc Enterprises, agreed to the timeline.
Flipkart has been directed to adjust to the order by 15 Might 2026. Emailed requests for remark despatched to Flipkart by Mint on 10 April and once more on 16 April remained unanswered at press time.
The dispute dates again to 2018, when Marc Enterprises approached a Delhi trial court docket searching for an injunction in opposition to Flipkart’s use of the “MarQ” trademark. The trial court docket restrained Flipkart, prompting the corporate to maneuver the Delhi Excessive Courtroom.
In January 2018, Justice Najmi Waziri allowed Flipkart to promote its remaining “MarQ”-branded stock till 30 January and promote the merchandise for its Republic Day sale, topic to sustaining accounts of such gross sales.
Flipkart had argued that “MarQ” is visually and structurally distinct from “MARC”. Marc Enterprises countered that it holds registered rights over the “MARC” trademark throughout a number of courses, whereas Flipkart’s “MarQ” was not registered on the time.
Flipkart launched MarQ in 2017 as a non-public label spanning televisions, air conditioners and washing machines, positioning it as a world electronics model. Then chief government Kalyan Krishnamurthy mentioned the corporate aimed to supply “leading edge expertise and top quality merchandise at very reasonably priced costs”.
Marc Enterprises, established in 1984, sells electrical merchandise in related classes.
In keeping with a Bloomberg report, the e-commerce firm has already held casual talks with traders and an IPO may happen in early 2027.
