Law: Trade Marks Act, (V of 1940)

Section: 21

(a) Words and phrases----"Passing off"---Meaning. Blacks Law Dictionary ref. (b) Trade Marks Act (V of 1940)---Ss.21 & 73---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXIX, Rr. 1 & 2---Suit for infringement of trade mark---Interim injunction, grant of---Essential conditions---Apart from balance of convenience, plaintiff must show that there was strong prima facie case in his favour and that he would suffer irreparable loss, if injunction was not granted---Each case has its own merits and law would be applied keeping in view the facts of each case. (c) Trade Marks Act (V of 1940)--- ----S.23---Copyright Ordinance (XXXIV of 1962), S.39--­Registration of trademark and copyright---Purpose stated. The very purpose of registration of trademark and copyright is to protect the interest of a person, who has invented or prepared a particular item for sale to his customers under a particular trade name and has got registered a particular design or label under the Trade Marks Act or Copyright Ordinance as against a person, who wants to take undue advantage of the same in order to deceive the unwary purchasers. "Law of Trademarks and Passing off" by P. Narayanan (Fourth Edition); J. N. Nichols (VIMTO) PLC v. Mehran Bottlers (Pvt.) Limited PLD 2000 Kar. 192; Pakistan Drug House (Pvt.) Ltd. v. Rio Chemical Company and another 2003 CLD 1531; Registrar of Trade Marks v. Ashok Chandra Rakhit LID AIR 1955 SC 558; Messrs Tabaq Restaurant v. Messrs Tabaq Restaurant 1987 SCMR 1090; Seven-up Company v. Kohinoor Thread Ball Factory PLD 1990 SC 313; Messrs Mehran Ghee Mills Ltd. and others v. Ghiltan Ghee (Pvt.) Ltd. and others 2001 SCMR 967; Messrs Western Brand Tea, Karachi v. Messrs TAPAL Tea (Pvt.) Ltd. PLD 2001 SC 14; Coca Cola v. Koala Kola (1968) RPC 231; 1989 RPC 287 and 295 and CH. D. The Dagenham Girl Pipers v. The Famous London Girls Pipers (1952) 69 RPC 1 ref. (d) Trade Marks Act (V of 1940)--- ----Ss. 21 & 73---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXIX, Rr. 1 & 2---Suit for infringement of trade mark---Sale of scented sweet supari (betel nuts) by plaintiff under trade mark "Tasty Gold"--­Sale of such material by defendant under trade mark and label design of…

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