Overview

• Justice Saurabh Banerjee’s May 26 confidential order appointed 10 local lawyers as commissioners with authority to seize suspected counterfeits.
• Birkenstock’s internal investigation found fake versions of its iconic sandals being produced around Agra and distributed domestically and overseas.
• Inspections in Agra and New Delhi have wrapped up with seized goods packed and sealed before delivery of confidential findings to the Delhi High Court.
• The next hearing in Birkenstock’s infringement case is scheduled for October 6 before Justice Banerjee.
• The crackdown follows a German court’s ruling that Birkenstock designs lack copyright protection and mirrors parallel IP disputes involving Crocs and Prada in India.