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Hindustan Unilever Limited
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Procter And Gamble Home Products Limited
Dispute Summary
The petitioner, Hindustan Unilever Limited, filed a suit seeking mandatory and permanent injunction against Procter And Gamble Home Products Limited for telecasting television commercials that allegedly disparaged its 'Fairness Cream'. The core dispute revolved around whether the respondent's advertisement, which compared its product to others using phrases like 'Does your fairness cream work only on the surface?', amounted to actionable slander of goods. The court ultimately found that while comparison and puffing up are permissible, no actual disparagement or economic loss was established at the interim stage.
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