Nirma Won Trademark Infringement Case Against a Rajasthan-based Salt Company
Gujarat-based Nirma Limited, a name trusted in almost every household across India for its wide range of quality products, like cosmetics, soaps, salt, etc., has won a Trademark Infringement case against a Rajasthan-based salt company. A local Court restrained the Rajasthan-based salt company from promoting and selling its products not just under the brand ‘Neema Shudh Iodised Salt’ but also under any label with a mark similar to it. With the decision where a city civil court restrained Pawan Salt Suppliers to use the brand or mark confusingly similar to Nirma’s, it seems that the Nirma Ltd and Nirma Chemical Works Ltd who filed this 16-year-old lawsuit could now experience a sense of relief. As applicants, the two Nirma groups claimed that they have been marketing iodized salt and several other products under the trademarks Nirma and Nima for many decades, and these trademarks have made them acquire goodwill and reputation for their products across India. Found to be engaged in the marketing of iodized salt, Pawan Salt is a partnership firm from Nawa City in Nagpur district in Rajasthan. The Nirma groups learned that Pawan Salt has been selling its products under the name ‘Neema Shudh Iodized Salt.’ Nirma’s representatives said that they approached Pawan Salt in the