KMP Coconut Oil Packaging Found Deceptively Similar to Shalimar; Injunction Upheld: Calcutta High Court

A recent judgment of the Calcutta High Court has highlighted how the Trade Marks Act, 1999, particularly the principles connected to Section 27(2) relating to the common law remedy of passing off, protects the distinctive trade dress of a long-established brand. The court upheld an interim injunction in favour of Shalimar Chemical Works Private Limited against Edible Products (India) Limited in a dispute involving allegedly deceptively similar coconut oil packaging.…