Indian spirits producer Radico Khaitan has been granted interim relief by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the ongoing trademark dispute over its Kashmyr vodka. The dispute involves Piccadily Agro Industries, which in September revealed it had filed a commercial suit against the Rampur whisky distiller in July. Piccadily Agro alleged Radico Khaitan had used an “infringing mark and/or passing off ‘Kashmyr’ for the vodka products which is similar” to its own Cashmere and Cashmir registered trademarks. ...

诉讼背景 - Piccadily Agro Industries于7月对Radico Khaitan提起商业诉讼，指控后者在伏特加产品上使用与Piccadily已注册商标Cashmere和Cashmir相似的侵权标识“Kashmyr” [1] - Piccadily Agro旗下Cashmir品牌伏特加最初于2015年以Cashmere商标推出，并于2023年注册了Cashmir商标 [2] - Radico Khaitan于7月底推出其Kashmyr伏特加，Piccadily Agro声称该产品同为伏特加、售价相似且名称语音相似，可能导致消费者混淆 [2] 法院裁决 - 哈里亚纳地方法院已批准Piccadily Agro的诉讼申请，并同意发出临时禁令，禁止Radico Khaitan销售Kashmyr品牌产品 [3] - 在诉讼结果待决期间，法院禁止Radico Khaitan制造、销售、广告宣传或使用“Kashmyr”标识，以及任何与原告商标相似、可能造成不公平竞争或稀释其权利的标记 [4][5] - Radico Khaitan已向高等法院提交请愿书，公司对法律程序表示尊重且充满信心 [6]