Delhi High Court restrains Cambro Nilkamal from selling 'Stella' induction cooktops

A division bench of the Delhi High Court has again barred Cambro Nilkamal, a joint venture of Nilkamal Ltd with US-based company Cambro USA, from selling induction cooktops under the brand name Stella, Stelladexin and other similar names.

The bench, comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla quashed Justice Amit Bansal’s July 1 order that had vacated a 2024 interim injunction and allowed Cambro-Nilkamal to sell induction cooktops under the brand name Stella, Stelladexin and other similar names.

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“We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment of the single judge is not sustainable on facts or in law,” the bench said.

The court scheduled the next hearing on April 2.

Until a fresh decision is taken by the single judge bench, the injunction against Cambro-Nilkamal from selling induction cooktops under the brand name Stella and similar names will remain in force.

Products and Ideas, a company dealing in commercial kitchen and bakery equipment in India, was selling commercial induction cooktops under the brand name Stelladexin. The Stelladexin mark was adopted by Stella Industrial Co, which had allowed Products and Ideas to use the brand name and authorised it to register the trademark.

Products and Ideas (India) and Stella Industrial had entered into an exclusive agency agreement in 2017, wherein the former was appointed as the exclusive agent for the distribution, sale and promotion of induction cookers under the brand Stella. Stella Industrial was an original equipment manufacturer and was supplying goods to Products and Ideas (India) through its local partners under the agreement.

In 2024, it came to the knowledge of Products and Ideas (India) that Cambro-Nilkamal and its distributors were selling the induction cooktops under the brand name Stella which was similar to the former's registered trademark Stelladexin. Subsequently, Products and Ideas (India) moved the court seeking permanent injunction along with other ancillary reliefs.