An Indian court has permanently barred Amazon retailers from selling Pakistani-made spirits in a trademark case

The Delhi High Court has permanently barred retailers on Amazon.com from selling Pakistani-made Rooh Afza on the e-commerce website in a trademark claim case by a popular Indian manufacturer of sherbet. The judge, in his ruling, ordered Amazon to remove the list of undeliverable Roohafza products from the plaintiff (Hamdard National Foundation India) within 48 hours.

According to Indian media reports, in its petition, Hamdard National Foundation India informed the High Court that it has rights to the “Hamdard” and “Ruh Afza” trademarks and that it had noticed last year that Amazon But some sellers listed the name of “Ruh Afza” products.

They then contacted Amazon after which some of the listings were removed, the report said, but the Hamdard National Foundation recently noticed that some retailers were selling bottles of Roohafza made in Pakistan. Gazar took the stand that bottles manufactured in Pakistan do not meet the requirements of the Legal Metrology Act and the Food Safety and Standards Act.
Three Hamdard Rooh Afza were first sold in Old Delhi in 1907 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, a traditional Hakeem. After partition, one of his sons remained in Delhi while the others came to Pakistan. They both formed separate firms and set up factories in their respective countries, including one in East Pakistan, which became Bangladesh in 1971. Hamdard National Foundation owns the rights to Roohafza in India, while Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) manufactures it in Pakistan. she does. Hamdard’s founder’s great-grandson Hamid Ahmed, who runs the Indian business, told a news agency earlier this year that the recipe has not changed in the past 115 years.