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Monday, August 26, 2013

Pepsodent Vs. Colgate

Pepsodent targets Colgate using a Frontal Attack (Purely Offensive One), claiming it has 30 percent more "Germ  Attack Power" and fights against cavities continuously. Though, Colgate Palmolive filed a legal suit against Pepsodent, their plea was rejected. The court made following claims supporting its decision, "The court is not persuaded to hold at this stage that the impugned TV advertisement or the printed advertisement by HUL is disparaging of or denigrating the product Colgate Strong Teeth of the plaintiffs (Colgate)" & "The court is not satisfied that the plaintiff has made out a prima facie case for the grant of an ad-interim injunction as prayed for. The application is dismissed." 

Given the kind of judgement given by the court, it is likely that Colgate would employ a similar kind of advertising ploy to pull Pepsodent down on some other product feature(s). Let's see how Colgate reacts ahead.

Below is online advertisement and TVC.




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