The ad pitted both companies' products against each other and allegedly was widely circulated on WhatsApp.
Fast-moving consumer goods major Hindustan Unilever was granted temporary relief by the Bombay High Court on Thursday in a hearing of its injunction plea against Abbott Laboratories circulating an advertisement that denigrated one of HUL's products, Mint reported.
The plea was filed by HUL when it came across an advertisement for Abbott's Ensure Diabetes Care, in August 2024. The ad showed Abbott's product being marketed as a superior replacement for HUL's Horlicks Diabetes Plus. While HUL's product was blurred out, the company felt that this advertisement violated trademark laws and directly showed a competitor's product in poor light. It subsequently …
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