New Delhi, March 9 -- In a trademark conflict spanning over twenty years, the Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a single judge bench order barring Hong Kong's Crocodile International from utilising a crocodile logo found to violate the trademark and copyright of Lacoste, the French luxury brand, Bar and Bench reported.

A division bench comprising Justices Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla ruled that Lacoste effectively proved infringement regarding its protected crocodile emblem and the specific creative copyright of its signature logo design.

However, the court said Lacoste did not meet the requirements for a passing-off claim, noting that the brand failed to provide adequate evidence of the goodwill needed to support that legal argum...