India, Aug. 24 -- A Delhi court has permanently restrained a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company from using the trademark 'Udaan' or any similar mark, ruling that it was a clear violation of the rights of consumer goods major RSPL Health Private Limited, which had earlier registered its mark 'Udan.'

District Judge Pankaj Sharma, in an ex parte judgment dated August 13, held that the defendant, Sainus Pharmaceutical Private Limited, used the mark 'Udaan' in a manner that was "identical and deceptively similar" to the plaintiff's (RSPL's) registered trademark 'Udan'. The court noted that, according to RSPL Health, known for brands like 'Ghari' detergent, it had adopted the trademark or label Udan with respect to the goods and business o...