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18. It is an admitted position that plaintiff's products are being sold at the duty free shops in India. Transborder reputation of the trade mark and trade name DUNHILL has been, in my view, established in this country by means of the fact that plaintiff products are available on duty free shops in India, by the fact that advertisement of plaintiff's goods under the trademark and trade name 'DUNHILL' are to be found in various magazines like the Newsweek, Time and the Asia Magazine, which are freely available in India. In this view of the matter, it can safely be inferred that plaintiff's trade mark and trade name DUNHILL has a live reputation in this country. This circumstance alone is sufficient to counter the contention of the learned counsel for the defendants that the plaintiff had abandoned the mark 'DUNHILL'.