The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday decided that it will proceed with the hearing in the trademark case filed by Elon Musk-owned Tesla Inc against Indian company Tesla Power India Private Limited..The Court took this call after noting that mediation efforts between the two companies failed to yield any results.Therefore, single-judge Justice Saurabh Banerjee said he will hear Tesla Inc's plea on April 15. .In May 2024, Elon Musk owned firm moved the Delhi High Court aggrieved by the use of TESLA trademark by Tesla Power India and their announcement that it is going to enter the electric vehicles market.The Court was told that the defendant Tesla Power India carried advertisements in newspapers announcing the move.Musk’s Tesla argued that a cease-and-desist notice was issued to Tesla Power India and its counterpart Tesla Power USA in April 2022 and communications were exchanged between the two sides till March 2023 but the defendant company continued to advertise and market their goods using the Tesla trademark..On the first day of hearing, Tesla Power India’s proprietor appeared before the Court and gave an undertaking that they have no intention to manufacture electric vehicles at all and they will not market other entities’ electric vehicles under the trademark or tradename ‘TESLA POWER USA’ or any other brand deceptively similar to the word ‘TESLA’..However, during the subsequent hearings, Musk's Tesla alleged that Indian entity had started manufacturing e-scooters under the Tesla brand name. On May 28 last year, the Court said,"In this situation, it would be appropriate if the defendants’ file an affidavit disclosing the EVs that are sold by them, as well as, the names of the dealers through which these are sold, the dates of launch, sales since launch, and the current stocks that are available with them. Affidavit will be placed on record or before the next date of hearing.".Subsequently, the case was referred for mediation..The case came to be listed before the Court today on account of an early hearing application filed by Tesla Inc. However, the same was withdrawn. Nevertheless, the Court noted that the mediation has failed and decided to hear the matter on April 15. .Tesla Inc was represented by advocate Nancy Roy from Lall & Sethi. .Tesla Power India was represented by Senior Advocate Sai Deepak with a team of advocates from Sim & San.
