🚨 KDK Brand Protection: Panasonic Secures Enjoining Order Against Counterfeiting

• Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd., the global leader in indoor air quality (IAQ) solutions, successfully secured an Enjoining Order from the Commercial High Court of Colombo. • The company instituted civil proceedings under the Intellectual Property Act No. 36 of 2003 against Zam Zam Electricals and Home Needs, a retailer in Kurunegala. • Allegation: The defendant was engaged in the sale of counterfeit ceiling fans unlawfully bearing Panasonic’s registered trademarks, specifically the well-known KDK name and logo. • Panasonic contended that the unauthorised use of identical or deceptively similar marks misleads consumers and capitalises unfairly on the goodwill associated with the brand, causing significant harm to reputation. • The High Court granted the Enjoining Order, which immediately restrains the defendant and its agents from producing, importing, marketing, selling, or otherwise dealing in any goods bearing names or marks confusingly similar to Panasonic's registered trademarks.