Whatman International Ltd.
("Whatman"), an American company engaged in the business
of manufacturing and selling filtration equipment filed a suit for
infringement of trademark, copyright, trade dress, passing off
against P. Mehta and others
("Defendants") at the High Court of Delhi.
Whatman stated that the Defendants (There were 8 Defendants,
allegedly related to each other through family or business) had
been manufacturing and selling counterfeit products which were
deceptively similar to the Whatman filter paper. Whatman stated
that not only did the Defendants use its trademarks, but the color
combination and get up on the counterfeit products was also similar
to that of Whatman's filter paper i.e. white background with
blue script for packing of the filter paper sold under the marks
'HIRAL', 'ACHME', 'LABSMAN',
'U-CHEM' and 'SUN'.
