Trademark Infringement Suit: Delhi High Court Grants Injunction to Infosys, Citing Principle of Acquired Distinctiveness

The court, on a prima facie assessment, noted that the two trademarks were nearly identical, as the pronunciation remained unchanged. The addition of ‘Southern’ did little to mitigate the strong phonetic impact of the shared term, potentially leading consumers to believe that ‘Southern Infosys Limited’ was a regional branch or an associated entity