Esaf Small Finance Bank Ltd vs Saaf Capit Federation — 100001/2023

Case under Trade Marks Act Section 134. Status: Issues. Next hearing: 27th June 2026.

Issues Next hearing 27-Jun-2026 this date has passed

OS Trd.Mrk - TRADE MARKS

CNR: KLTR010015232023

e-Filing Number

21-03-2023

Filing Number

100458/2023

Filing Date

23-Mar-2023

Registration No

100001/2023

Registration Date

24-Mar-2023

Court

District And Sessions Court / Rent Control Appellate Authority, Thrissur

Judge

5-Additional District Court-II/Vigilance Judge,Thrissur

Last updated 15-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Trade Marks Act Section 134
Code of Civil Procedure Section OrdVII,Rule1

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Esaf Small Finance Bank Ltd

    Adv. GEOFY GEORGE P

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Saaf Capit Federation

  2. 2.Esaf Foundation

    Adv. Jijo Anto

Case History

  1. 27-Jun-2026

    Next hearingPending

  2. 01-Jun-2026

    Issues

    Additional District Court-II/Vigilance Judge,Thrissur

  3. 16-Mar-2026

    Issues

    Additional District Court-II/Vigilance Judge,Thrissur

  4. 16-Feb-2026

    Issues

    Additional District Court-II/Vigilance Judge,Thrissur

  5. 16-Dec-2025

    No sitting notified

    Additional District Court-II/Vigilance Judge,Thrissur

  6. 05-Nov-2025

    Issues

    Additional District Court-II/Vigilance Judge,Thrissur

  7. 18-Sep-2025

    No sitting notified

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  8. 18-Aug-2025

    Issues

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  9. 04-Jul-2025

    Issues

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  10. 23-May-2025

    Await report

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  11. 22-Mar-2025

    Await report

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  12. 22-Feb-2025

    Await report

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  13. 15-Jan-2025

    No sitting notified

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  14. 18-Dec-2024

    Appearance Of Parties

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  15. 18-Nov-2024

    No sitting notified

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  16. 11-Nov-2024

    Appearance Of Parties

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  17. 07-Oct-2024

    Issues

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  18. 06-Sep-2024

    Call on

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  19. 12-Aug-2024

    No sitting notified

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  20. 24-Jun-2024

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  21. 27-May-2024

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  22. 04-Apr-2024

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  23. 03-Apr-2024

    Orders in IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  24. 01-Apr-2024

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  25. 28-Feb-2024

    For hearing on IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  26. 17-Feb-2024

    For hearing on IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  27. 12-Feb-2024

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  28. 05-Jan-2024

    Written Statement

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  29. 02-Dec-2023

    Written Statement

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  30. 13-Oct-2023

    Written Statement

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  31. 19-Aug-2023

    Written Statement

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  32. 06-Jul-2023

    OrderView PDF

  33. 06-Jul-2023

    OrderView PDF

    Case Summary: 100001/2023 Outcome: Petition dismissed (temporary injunction denied). ESAF Small Finance Bank sought a temporary injunction against SAAF Capit Federation for alleged trademark infringement and passing off. The District Court of Thrissur found no prima facie case for infringement. The court determined that despite minimal overlap in the letters "SAF/SAAF," the trademarks were distinctly different in visual presentation, color, emblems, and phonetic pronunciation, falling short of "deceptive similarity" under trademark law. Additionally, the parties' financial services activities were sufficiently different to avoid customer confusion. The petition was dismissed on July 6, 2023. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  34. 06-Jul-2023

    Written Statement

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  35. 03-Jul-2023

    Orders in IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  36. 24-Jun-2023

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  37. 23-Jun-2023

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  38. 22-Jun-2023

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  39. 17-Jun-2023

    Call with IA

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  40. 15-Jun-2023

    For Hearing

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur

  41. 24-Mar-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  42. 23-Mar-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. 100001/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: 100001/2023 Outcome: Petition dismissed (temporary injunction denied). ESAF Small Finance Bank sought a temporary injunction against SAAF Capit Federation for alleged trademark infringement and passing off. The District Court of Thrissur found no prima facie case for infringement. The court determined that despite minimal overlap in the letters "SAF/SAAF," the trademarks were distinctly different in visual presentation, color, emblems, and phonetic pronunciation, falling short of "deceptive similarity" under trademark law. Additionally, the parties' financial services activities were sufficiently different to avoid customer confusion. The petition was dismissed on July 6, 2023. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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