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In N.R. Dongre v Whirlpool Corporation (Supreme Court, 1996), the Court upheld a temporary injunction…

The Court accepted that "The reputation was traveling trans-border to India as well through commercial publicity made in magazines", and that the products had been…

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In N.R. Dongre v Whirlpool Corporation (Supreme Court, 1996), the Court upheld a temporary injunction restraining the appellants from selling washing machines under the mark 'WHIRLPOOL'. On reputation in India, it accepted that

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The Court accepted that "The reputation was traveling trans-border to India as well through commercial publicity made in magazines", and that the products had been advertised in magazines "having international circulation including in India". Large-scale sales in India were therefore not essential to protect that reputation by a passing off action.

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