As per Livemint, the Bombay high court restrained UP-based Unani medicine company Jamia Remedies from manufacturing and selling its mouth dusting powder under the ‘Ora-B’ brand. P&G had earlier approached the Bombay high court against Unani medicine company, Jamia Remedies, alleging infringement of their trademark ‘Oral-B’. [Please note that I am yet to go through the Order. I am relying on news reports.]
Procter & Gamble (P&G) had also successfully sought the court’s intervention so as to permanently stop Jamia from using or registering ‘Ora-B’ or any other similar brand in any manner. The court further said that the defendants should withdraw any trademark application for the mark ‘ORA-B’ and undertake that they shall not make any application for any trademark or copyright registration for any other mark, which is deceptively similar to the plaintiffs’ well-known mark ‘Oral-B’.
The suit is disposed off through a consent order on 5/6/2018. Nothing on merit of the case. Apart from perpetual injunction on Defendant’s impugned mark ‘ORA-B’ and to withdraw any application thereof, the Defendant also undertook to pay Rs. 2 Lacs towards costs/damages to the Plaintiff. And, Plaintiff stated to donate the same to charity.