The Delhi High Court dismissed Educomp’s infringement and passing-off suit over Samsung’s use of “Smartclass”.
Judge / Bench — Justice Tejas Karia, authoring judge.
In CS(COMM)109/2017, decided 6 November 2026, the court held that registration of composite marks did not itself establish exclusive rights in their common expression. Educomp had led no evidence proving independent distinctiveness, goodwill, confusion or loss. The marks required assessment as wholes, including their different house marks. Injunction and damages were refused; former Samsung managing director B.D. Park was deleted as a party because no independent involvement was established.
Advocates appearing — Plaintiff: Priya Darshan Kumar. Defendants: Saif Khan, Prajjwal Kushwaha and Diya Vishwanath.