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Relevant Acts and provisions
Designs Act, 2000
Provisions considered: Section 22 of the Designs Act, 2000, on design piracy, together with the common law of passing off.
Brief facts
Whirlpool, holder of registered designs for the shape and configuration of its washing machines, sued Videocon alleging that Videocon's washing machines copied the essential visual features of the registered designs, amounting to design piracy, and created an overall trade dress so similar as to deceive consumers.
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Keywords
Deceptive Similarity Design Infringement Design Piracy Passing Off Trade Dress
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