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Ciba-Geigy Ltd.
Respondent / Defendant
Torrent Laboratories Ltd.
Dispute Summary
The Gujarat High Court addressed an opposition filed by Ciba-Geigy against Torrent Laboratories' trademark application for 'ULCIBAN.' The court ultimately ruled in favor of Torrent, finding that despite the inclusion of 'CIBA' within 'ULCIBAN,' there was no likelihood of confusion or deception among consumers. The judgment emphasized that when assessing similarity, the mark must be viewed as a whole, and phonetic/ocular resemblance is not automatically established simply because part of the word matches.
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