Holi Colours: Pidilite Industries Gets Injunction Against Rang Rasayan & Others Over Rangeela Packaging

Following the Bombay High Court's intervention in a copyright suit filed by Pidilite Industries Limited, Rang Rasayan Pvt Ltd had undertaken to not manufacture, sell or distribute any products using packaging similar to Pidilite's "Rangeela" brand of colored powders for Holi.

Justice Bharati Dangre further ordered the company to file details of the stock sold in the last one year.

Pidilite had filed a commercial IP suit alleging copyright infringement and passing off by the defendants over the use of lookalike packaging.

As per the terms of the injunction, the defendants have agreed to several commitments, including not manufacturing, selling or exporting the infringing products through any offline or online channels. They are also required to inform dealers, distributors and e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart and others to cease selling the impugned products.

“….consensus is arrived, at this point of time, particularly when the product being colour, to be used during the upcoming holi celebration on Sunday and Monday and as it is well known that the consumption of this product on large scale is only on the festivity of Holi,” the Court noted.

Advocate Yatin Kochare, representing some of the defendants, told the court they had agreed to the commitments, especially given the limited window for Holi sales this year.

The defendants have been directed to file affidavits detailing their stock manufactured and sold over the past year within two weeks. The matter has been listed for further hearing on April 25.

Case Title - Pidilite Industries Limited vs Radha KishanBishan Dass Rang Rasayan pvt. Ltd.

Appearances – Advocates Hiren Kamod a/w Nishad Nadkarni & Khushboo Jhunjhunwala

Advocates Yatin Kochare a/w Prabhakar Jadhav for Defendant Nos.1, 5 to 7.

Case No. - COMMERCIAL IP SUIT (L) NO.9134 OF 2024