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A thermosetting plastic material composed of melamine resin having good heat and chemical resistance and commonly used as the surface layer in laminated sheets employed as coverings for counter tops walls or furniture...
melamine
A nitrogenous strongly basic chemical substance C3H6N6 structurally 246 triamino 135 triazine produced from several cyanogen compounds and obtained as a white crystalline substance formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam Called also cyanuramide It is used as one of the starting components together with formaldehyde in the preparation of melamine resins including the commercially marketed Formica TM It is solid at room temperature and sublimes at temperatures approaching 250deg C decomposing at 345deg C Density 1573...
melamine resin
A thermosetting plastic formed by the reaction of melamine and formaldehyde It is used for molding and for preparing laminated sheets used to surface counter tops walls and furniture The commercially marketed Formica TM is one type of melamine resin...
Passing off
Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person usually dealing with one to accept the other if offered to him, it is enough, National Match Works v. S.T. Karuppanna Nadar, AIR 1979 Mad 157.An infringement action is available where there is violation of specific property right acquired under and recognised by the statute. In a passing-off action, however, the plaintiff's right is independent of such a statutory right to a trade mark and is against the conduct of the defendant which leads to or is intended or calculated to lead to deception. Passing-off is said to be a species of unfair trade competition or of actionable unfair trading by which one person, through deception, attempts to obtain an economic benefit of the reputation which another has established for himself in a particular trade or business. The action is regarded as an action for deceit. The tort of passing-off inv...
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