Hon’ble Supreme Court discards petition refraining ‘Patanjali’ from using brand name ‘Coronil’

The Hon’ble Supreme Court discards a plea by Chennai-based firm Arudra Engineers seeking restrainment on Patanjali Ayurved from using the trademark ‘Coronil’ for its immunity booster medicine. Arudra had challenged a Madras High Court order declining to restrain Patanjali from using the ‘Coronil’ name for its immunity booster product that was launched by Ramdev with much fanfare. Arudra, which makes sanitisers and chemicals, has claimed that the trademark name ‘Coronil’ has been owned by the company since 1993. A single judge bench of the Madras High Court had given relief to Arudra but a division bench later stayed the single-judge order. 

The petitioner had claimed that they have been using the mark ‘Coronil’ since 1993 and the product associated with the brand name is an acid inhibitor which is used in industries. The Supreme Court said, “In these Covid times, if we prevent the use of word Coronil, it will be terrible for the product (of Patanjali)”. 

The Supreme Court dismissed Arudra’s plea and asked them to pursue the matter before the division bench of the Madras High Court, which will hear the matter in September. The case pertained to a trademark dispute, not related to the merits of branding or the efficacy of the formulation of products marketed under the brand name ‘Coronil’. The appeal stays to be reviewed in the month of September.