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From underwear to auto component maker, Amul's many trademark battles

GCMMF has moved court against 5 registries for allowing other firms to use the name Amul, an acronym for Anand Milk Union Ltd, and the brand name for all products marketed by it

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Sohini Das Ahmedabad
What’s common among global brands like Coca-Cola, Kodak, Wimbledon, Yahoo! and Indian ones like Amul, Bata, Bajaj, Bisleri, Nirma and Infosys? They are all recognised as 'well-known' brands and enjoy some protection by law globally.
 
When the popular Indian dairy brand joined the league of such names last year, it meant an entry into the special category of brands with protection in the home country, as well as abroad. That basically implied no other product anywhere in the world could be named Amul.
 
Amul’s journey from a cooperative movement that began in 1946 to becoming a 'well known'