<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn Banga Watch Co. v N.V. Philips, (1983), <\/em><\/strong> the respondent instituted an action against the appellants to restrain them from using the name of ‘Philips’ on watches, clocks, etc. to pass off their goods as those of the plaintiffs. The respondent company is engaged under the trademark “Philips” in the manufacturing of a wide range of electrical and non-electrical goods, e.g. radios, lighting products, refrigerators, medical apparatus, darkroom timers, multiple electric clocks and timers. The appellants-defendants are carrying on business in the sale of watches, clocks, etc. under the trademark “Philips” since 1954.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the present case, the court held that based on the facts the trademark “Philips” to the knowledge of a common man was associated with the products of the plaintiffs and that watches or clocks bearing the said name would lead an ordinary customer to believe that it was their product. The defendants are, thus, restrained from using the said trademark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Parle Products (P) LTD. v J.P. And Co. [1972],<\/em><\/strong> in this case, the plaintiff was manufacturers of biscuits and confectionery and are owners of certain registered trademarks. The word \u201cGluco\u201d used on their wrapper with its colour scheme, general set up and collocation of names registered under the Trade Marks Act, 1940. This wrapper is used in connection with the sale of their biscuits known as “Parle\u2019s Gluco Biscuits\u201d printed on the wrapper. The wrapper is of buff colour and depicts a farmyard with a girl in the centre carrying a pail of water and cows and hens around her on the background of a farmyard house and trees. The plaintiffs claim that they have been selling their biscuits on an extensive scale for many years past under the said trademark, which acquired great reputation and goodwill among the public. They claimed to have discovered in March 1961, that the defendants were manufacturing selling and offering for sale biscuits in a wrapper which according to them was deceptively similar to their registered trademark. The plaintiffs assert that this act of the defendant constitutes an infringement of their trademark rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the present case, the court held that the packets are practically of the same size, the colour scheme of the two wrappers is almost the same; the design on both though not identical bears such a close resemblance that one can easily be mistaken for the other. The essential features of both are that there is a girl with one arm raised and carrying something in the other with a cow or cows near her and hens or chickens in the foreground. In the background, there is a farmhouse with a fence. The word “Gluco Biscuits” in one and “Glucose Biscuits” on the other occupy a prominent place at the top with a good deal of similarity between the two writings. Anyone in our opinion who has a look at one of the packets today may easily mistake the other. An ordinary purchaser is not gifted with the powers of observation of a Sherlock Holmes. We have therefore no doubt that the defendant’s wrapper is deceptively similar to the plaintiffs which were registered. Thus the court held that the defendant had infringed the registered trademark of the plaintiffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe trademark opposition is the real remedy available to the registered user of the trademark. All the registered proprietor or the prior users are required to be observant and initiate an appropriate proceeding at the right time.<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The holder of a registered trademark has the “exclusive right” to use the trademark concerning the goods in respect of which it is registered. He becomes entitled to the products in respect of which it is registered. He becomes entitled to the protection of his property rights in goods in respect of which he has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trademark"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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