alcoholic beverages or any other allied goods under the trade mark Blenders Pride, while I.A. No. 1313 of 2005 is an application filed ... printers, stockists and distributors from in any manner using the trademark Blenders Pride or any other deceptively similar word/name so as to infringe
facts of the present case, it must be held that, `Blenders Pride' whisky manufactured by the Plaintiffs had a worldwide reputation, being available ... applied for permission from the Government of India to manufacture 'Blenders Pride' whisky, which was granted, and they have been manufacturing 'Blenders
subject matter of the present
proceedings. Both are IMFL. They are ―BLENDERS PRIDE‖ and
―IMPERIAL BLUE‖. Admittedly, the products of the plaintiff and the
defendant ... PRIDE‖ as part of its registered mark, as, ―PRIDE‖
is not descriptive of alcoholic beverages. The use, by the defendant, of
the mark ―CASINOS PRIDE
label or packaging and/or
deceptively similar to the trade mark BLENDERS PRIDE and/or SEAGRAM’S
amounting to infringement of Plaintiffs’ trademark registrations ... wines, liquors, and spirits. They sell whisky under the brand names
‘BLENDERS PRIDE’ and ‘IMPERIAL BLUE’, both of which are registered
trademarks. The appellants also
name of 'Blenders Pride' and not 'Pride'. It is not only a
single word 'Pride' which has been registered ... Pride' separately registered as a trade mark. The word 'PRIDE' denotes
quality of the product when used in context with 'BLENDERS
acknowledges the intellectual
property rights of the Plaintiffs in the trademark BLENDERS
PRIDE including its logo/label/trade dress and get-up for the
class ... alcoholic beverages or any
other similar goods under the trade mark BLENDERS
PRIDE and its logo, label and packaging and/ or any
other trade mark
that time, the
accused was in illegal possession of 8 bottle blenders
pride and 100 pipers alcohol and Cash ... Nagara, Bengaluru, the
accused was in illegal
possession of 8 bottle blenders
pride, 100pipers alcohol in his
Maruti WagonR car bearing
worldwide. It claims that it has coined
and adopted the trademark ‘BLENDERS PRIDE’ through its licensee M/s Seagram
Company Limited in the year ... account
of extensive sales and marketing worldwide, the trademark ‘BLENDERS PRIDE’
has come to acquire a tremendous reputation in various countries including
India. In order
Madan B. Lokur, J., this Court observed as under:
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„Blenders Pride‟ whisky manufactured by the
Plaintiffs had a worldwide reputation, being
available ... applied for
permission from the Government of India to
manufacture „Blenders Pride‟ whisky, which
was granted, and they have been
manufacturing „Blenders Pride‟ whisky
Jagatjit Industries Limited for registration of the trade mark 'BLENDERS PRIDE' dated 2.2.2005. The show cause notice was cancelled/withdrawn as the notice ... appellants have coined and adopted the trade mark 'BLENDERS PRIDE' through their predecessors in title i.e. M/s Seagram Company Limited
