New Delhi, March 13 -- The Delhi High Court recently declined to hear a petition filed by German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen challenging the rejection of its opposition to a trademark application submitted by rival Maruti Suzuki India Limited in the case Volkswagen AG v. The Registrar of Trade Marks and Anr, as reported by Bar and Bench.

Maruti Suzuki had applied to the Registrar of Trade Marks to register the trademark "TRANSFORMOTION." The application was accepted and subsequently published for public notice, according to the Bar and Bench.

Volkswagen then filed a notice opposing the registration, arguing that the mark was deceptively similar to its already registered trademark "4MOTION." After the Registrar rejected Volkswagen...