S M food Maker issued show cause notice for copying Hilal Foods trademark.

ISLAMABAD -- Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Monday issued a show cause notice to S M Food Makers Limited for deceptively copying the trademark/trade dress of various products of Hilal Foods, thus prima facie violating of Section 10 of the Competition Act.

Hilal Foods sent a formal complaint that S M Food Makers was fraudulently copying the packaging of its famous confectionery items, said a press release.

The enquiry report concluded that S M Food Makers was fraudulently using the trademarks/trade dress of Hilal Foods' products including Fresh Up, Cup Kake, Froot up, Bake Time, Chocolate Chip Kake, Khopra Candy, Pan Pasand and Choran Chatni etcetera thus potentially harming its business interest besides misleading the consumers.

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