Tesla vs Tesla Power Dispute: The arbitration negotiations between the American industrialist and the world’s most rich man Alan Musk’s company Tesla Inc. and the Gurugram based battery manufacturer Tesla Power India (Tesla Power) have failed. After which, Justice Saurabh Banerjee of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the trademark violation dispute of the American electric vehicle giant on April 15.
Controversy between the two companies between the US and Gurugram based on the trademark started last year. After which the court asked both sides to resolve their dispute over the alleged violation of trademark through arbitration and appear before the Delhi High Court arbitration and reconciliation center. But this conversation is over and now both sides will be present in the Delhi High Court on 15 April, which will be heard by Justice Saurabh Banerjee.
What is the matter:
Alan Musk’s company Tesla Inc. filed a case against Tesla Power on the issue of trademark violation in May last year. The American car manufacturer had sued the Indian company that it was misleading customers and also causing confusion and possibly damaging its reputation. Tesla Power was also accused of selling electric scooters under the name Tesla.
After the case was filed, Gurugram based Tesla Power said that a total of 699 electric scooters have been sold under the name Tesla. But the main business of the company is to make lead-acid battery for automobiles and inverters, while it does not make electric vehicles. The company said that the electric scooter was sold in partnership with another EV manufacturer named E-Ashwa. Tesla Power also said that he has no intention of making electric vehicles at all.
What will happen now…
Since the arbitration negotiation between the two companies has failed, the Delhi court will now hear in April. On April 15, single-judge Justice Saurabh Banerjee will hear the case, only then any update will be revealed on this matter.
Earlier, Sai Deepak, who represented Tesla Power, said in his statement to the media that Tesla is not a unique trademark as other companies are registered with this name in India and other countries. “Therefore, to say for someone to say that because of Alan Musk, we are the only people who are entitled to claim Tesla and a monopoly on it, clearly, is not appropriate.”