Court backs trader in ‘Basmati’ trademark dispute with India

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The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) wanted the Court of Appeal in Nairobi to overturn a decision by the High Court that allowed Krish Commodities Limited to register six trademarks bearing the word Basmati.

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An agricultural export promotion agency of the Indian government has lost its bid to stop a Kenyan trading company from branding its imported rice as 'Basmati Rice'.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) wanted the Court of Appeal in Nairobi to overturn a decision by the High Court that allowed Krish Commodities Limited to register six trademarks bearing the word Basmati.

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