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Comparative Advertising Disparagement: Beco v. Surf Excel and Vim

Hindustan Unilever Limited has won an interim injunction against Kwick Living’s Beco brand before the Delhi High Court, in a comparative advertising disparagement fight over Surf Excel and Vim. Did the ad campaign cross from honest comparison into actionable falsehood?…

Gaurav Mishra · 25 Sep 2026

Patents

Smoking Tobacco, Foiling Obviousness

Philip Morris’s patent concerned a tobacco article meant to be heated electrically, with a wrapper designed to make it harder to ignite with a…

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 23 Sep 2026