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AMMANN INDIA HOLDS ITS BRAND APOLLO

Mehsana District Court restrains APOLLO INFFRATECH from the mark/name APOLLO Despite of having the knowledge
using the trademark / tradename APOLLO for asphalt based about Ammann’s earlier adoption of mark APOLLO for asphalt
construction machineries based machines, the said Apollo Inffratech Pvt Ltd and its
Hon’ble District Court at Mehsana Presided by Hon’ble Judge promoters had entered into asphalt based machines with
Smt. P S Saini vide the order dated 07/01/2022 in a Trademark identical mark APOLLO recently. Ammann’s grievance was only
suit filed by Ammann India Pvt Ltd, have restrained and towards the use of the Apollo Mark for their identical Asphalt
injuncted Apollo Inffratech Pvt Ltd, Apollo Parker Constructions based machine & Plants, by Apollo Inffratech.
Equipment Pvt Ltd and Mr. Ajit Patel - HUF from manufacturing, The Hon’ble Court after hearing both the parties held prima
marketing, trading, distributing, advertising, promoting, offering facie case in favor of Ammann and stopped Apollo Inffratech
for sale/hire under the trademark/tradename Apollo for asphalt and its promoters from using the trademark/tradename
based construction machines – asphalt pavers, curb paver APOLLO for asphalt based construction machines, plants and
machines, bitumen sprayer, plants & allied goods. allied goods
Ammann had put its case before the court that it was using the Apollo Inffratech requested the Hon’ble District Court to stay the
mark APOLLO for asphalt based machines since more than 2 injunction order, enabling it to go for appeal against the order.
decades and has earned immense goodwill and reputation The said request of Apollo Inffratech was also denied by the
and Apollo Inffratech Pvt Ltd and their promoters were doing Hon’ble court and injunction was continued to be operative.
business only for the concrete based machines earlier under

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