Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 971 · Decided 30 August 1996
N.R. Dongre and ORS. v. Whirlpool Corporation and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 971 · [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 369
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10703/1996
- Decided
- 30 August 1996
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, K. VENKATASWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 39; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
AND ORS. A v. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION AND ANR. AUGUST 30, 1996 B [J.S. VERMA AND K. VENKATASWAMI, J.1.) Trade Marks Law : Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 : Order 39 Rules 1, 2 and 4. c Tempormy i11junctiow-Passing off action-Trade mark 'Whirlpool'­ Registratio11 of-Granted i11 favour of washi11g machine deceptively or co11fusingly-High Court found mark/name D 'Whirlpool' 1011g associated with plaintiffs who acquired trans-border reputa- tion ill respect of same, that there was no reliable evidence of defendants having marketed their washing machines ill that name for a
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