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Reckitt & Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc

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packaging) under which his particular goods or services are offered to the public, such that the get-up is recognised by the public as distinctive specifically of the plaintiff's goods or services. Second, he must demonstrate a misrepresentation by the defendant to the public (whether or not intentional) leading or likely to lead the public to believe that goods or services offered by him are the goods or services of the plaintiff. ... Third, he must demonstrate that he suffers or ... that he is likely to suffer damage by reason of the erroneous belief engendered by the defendant's misrepresentation that the source of the defendant's goods or services is the same as the source of those offered by the plaintiff.
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First, he must establish a goodwill or reputation attached to the goods or services which he supplies in the mind of the purchasing public by association with the identifying "get-up" (whether it consists simply of a brand name or a trade description, or the individual features of labelling or
205:. Borden, a competitor, started to produce lemon juice in a similar lemon-shaped plastic container that was only slightly larger with a flattened side. Reckitt sued Borden for passing off their product as Jif Lemon juice. 48: 99: 71: 244: 78: 85: 67: 335: 306: 173:. The Court reaffirmed the three part test (reputation and goodwill, misrepresentation, and damage) in order to establish a 209: 92: 280: 118: 56: 330: 52: 325: 345: 299: 37: 355: 41: 292: 350: 8: 198: 190: 186: 142: 208:
At trial the Court found in favour of Reckitt, which was subsequently upheld at the
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Leading decision of the House of Lords on the tort of passing off
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At the House of Lords, the Court upheld the previous judgments.
201:" which came in plastic yellow container that was shaped like a 202: 226:, at page 880, reaffirmed the classic test for passing off: 166: 245:Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 317: 68:"Reckitt & Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc" 300: 55:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 307: 293: 157:1 All E.R. 873, – also known as the 119:Learn how and when to remove this message 215: 318: 161:– is a leading decision of the 154:Reckitt & Colman Ltd v Borden Inc 134:Reckitt & Colman Ltd v Borden Inc 259: 53:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 13: 14: 367: 263: 25: 336:1990 in United Kingdom case law 1: 251: 180: 279:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 237: 10: 372: 258: 138: 133: 331:English tort case law 326:House of Lords cases 216:Opinion of the Court 49:improve this article 346:Trademark case law 288: 287: 148: 147: 129: 128: 121: 103: 363: 309: 302: 295: 267: 260: 197:under the name " 177:of passing off. 131: 130: 124: 117: 113: 110: 104: 102: 61: 29: 21: 371: 370: 366: 365: 364: 362: 361: 360: 316: 315: 314: 313: 256: 254: 240: 218: 210:Court of Appeal 183: 125: 114: 108: 105: 62: 60: 46: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 369: 359: 358: 356:Case law stubs 353: 348: 343: 338: 333: 328: 312: 311: 304: 297: 289: 286: 285: 268: 253: 250: 249: 248: 239: 236: 235: 234: 217: 214: 182: 179: 163:House of Lords 159:Jif Lemon case 146: 145: 140: 136: 135: 127: 126: 33: 31: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 368: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 323: 321: 310: 305: 303: 298: 296: 291: 290: 284: 282: 278: 275:article is a 274: 269: 266: 262: 261: 257: 247: 246: 242: 241: 233: 229: 228: 227: 225: 221: 213: 211: 206: 204: 200: 196: 192: 188: 178: 176: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 155: 150: 144: 141: 137: 132: 123: 120: 112: 109:December 2009 101: 98: 94: 91: 87: 84: 80: 77: 73: 70: –  69: 65: 64:Find sources: 58: 54: 50: 44: 43: 39: 34:This article 32: 28: 23: 22: 19: 281:expanding it 270: 255: 243: 230: 222: 219: 207: 184: 158: 153: 152: 151: 149: 115: 106: 96: 89: 82: 75: 63: 47:Please help 35: 18: 351:Fruit juice 224:Lord Oliver 195:lemon juice 171:passing off 320:Categories 252:References 181:Background 139:Transcript 79:newspapers 199:Jif Lemon 36:does not 273:case law 238:See also 187:Slade LJ 143:judgment 341:Reckitt 193:, sold 191:Reckitt 165:on the 93:scholar 57:removed 42:sources 95:  88:  81:  74:  66:  271:This 203:lemon 175:claim 100:JSTOR 86:books 277:stub 185:per 167:tort 72:news 40:any 38:cite 169:of 51:by 322:: 212:. 189:: 308:e 301:t 294:v 283:. 122:) 116:( 111:) 107:( 97:· 90:· 83:· 76:· 59:. 45:.

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