Delhi High Court Cancels 'The Brew Bukhara' Trademark On ITC's Plea

The Delhi High Court has recently cancelled the registration of “THE BREW BUKHARA”, a device mark registered by Gurugram resident Umesh Arora. The cancellation followed a challenge by ITC Limited and ITC Hotels Limited, which claimed that the mark was deceptively similar to their “BUKHARA” trademark. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav noted that Arora did not file a reply despite being served. His trademark agent, Balaji IP Practice, informed the court by email that use of the mark had been...

Madras High Court Closes Aamir Khan Productions' Copyright Suit Over “Batwara 1947” After Withdrawal

The Madras High Court has dismissed as withdrawn a copyright suit filed by Aamir Khan Productions Pvt Ltd to protect its film “Batwara 1947” from piracy.Justice P.B. Balaji recorded the withdrawal on October 13, 2026.The production house had sued 33 defendants. These included telecom operators and internet service providers such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Vodafone India, as well as several local cable operators. It sought a permanent injunction...

Breach of Family Settlement Over Trade Name Falls Under Commercial Division, Not IPR Division: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a suit alleging breach of a family settlement restricting use of the trade name “Sindharam Sanwarmal” within one kilometre of a Cotton Street shop is maintainable before its Commercial Division and does not belong in the Intellectual Property Rights Division.Declining to grant an interim injunction, Justice Aniruddha Roy instead directed the defendant to maintain accounts and set apart profits from the disputed business.The plaintiff, Ramji Lal Agarwal, sued...

Delhi High Court Permanently Bars Hisar Coaching Operators From Using 'CAREER POWER' Mark

The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained two Hisar-based coaching operators from using the 'CAREER POWER' mark and its device, or the name 'METIS EDUVANTURES', in a passing off and copyright infringement suit filed by Metis Eduventures Private Limited India.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the judgment on October 5, 2026, observing that the company's rights needed protection through a final decree despite the operators having complied with an earlier interim injunction.The company...

“Have To Draw Some Line”: Delhi High Court To Examine Scope Of Personality, Publicity Rights Amid Rising Suits

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that it needs to draw clear boundaries around personality rights and publicity rights, noting that the two are increasingly claimed together in lawsuits and that some claims extend to defamation, caricatures, and independent creative works.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the observation while hearing actor Rakesh Bedi's suit seeking protection of his personality rights.“Therefore, we have to draw some line,” the court observed, calling for...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Refusal To Register 'COBBLE STONE' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has set aside the Trade Marks Registrar's refusal to register building materials company Cobble Stone Private Limited's “COBBLE STONE” trademark for non-metallic building materials, remanding the application for fresh consideration.Justice Vikas Mahajan allowed the appeal after the Registrar's counsel said it had no objection to a remand. The Registrar must now decide the application within 60 days.Cobble Stone applied to register “COBBLE STONE” in Class 19. On August 6,...

Delhi High Court Restrains Imperia Decor From Using 'ALUMAC' Trademark For Building Materials

The Delhi High Court has restrained Imperia Decor Industries and another company from using the trademark “ALUMAC” for aluminium composite panels and other building materials, finding it deceptively similar to Alucopanel Industries' registered trademark “ALOMAX”.The court also noted that a director of the other company had previously been associated with Alucopanel, indicating that the adoption of the mark was “not bona fide”.Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the ad interim injunction on October 7 in...

Delhi High Court Protects Actor-BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's Personality Rights, Orders Meta To Remove AI Deepfakes

The Delhi High Court has recently directed Meta Platforms Inc. to remove, within 72 hours, AI-generated sexual deepfakes, morphed images and fabricated statements attributed to actor and MP Kangana Ranaut.Justice Vikas Mahajan also ordered the offending sites to be blocked. The Court found that her stature “inherently grants her proprietary rights over her personality and associated attributes”.Ranaut, an actor, producer and sitting Member of Parliament for Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, sued Meta...

Commercial Court Must Decide Jurisdiction Before 'Sarkari Result' Trademark Suit Amendment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a Commercial Court must decide a challenge to its subject-matter jurisdiction before considering an application to amend the plaint. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed a petition filed by I Think Apps Pvt. Ltd., which owns the “Sarkari Result” trademark, challenging the Varanasi Commercial Court's decision to hear a jurisdiction application filed by Anugya Gupta and another before taking up the company's amendment plea. “An amendment seeking to...

Delhi High Court Allows Real-Time Blocking Of New F1 Italian Grand Prix Piracy Websites Sought By FanCode

The Delhi High Court has allowed Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd., which owns the FanCode streaming platform, to notify domain registrars, hosting entities, and internet service providers directly about newly discovered piracy websites streaming Formula One and other sporting events licensed to it. The company need not file a fresh application each time.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order on October 1, supplementing an interim injunction granted on September 10. Under the mechanism,...

Salman Khan's 'Kala Hiran' Suit: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Producer Amit Jani's Jurisdiction Challenge

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on an application by producer Amit Jani, who contends that the court lacks territorial jurisdiction to hear Salman Khan's suit over the film “Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy"Justice Tejas Karia asked Khan to reply within four weeks and listed the application for December 16, along with the other pending matters in the case.The proposed movie is stated to be inspired by Khan's 1998 blackbuck poaching case.Jani's application seeks return of Khan's plaint...

Companies Must Clear The Way Before Launching Processes That May Infringe Patents: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has said companies seeking to enter a market with a process potentially covered by an existing patent must remove legal obstacles before commencing operations, rather than waiting to be sued for infringement.“In most jurisdictions the Courts now recognize that insofar as patent matters are concerned, if a would be entrant seeks to launch a process which may be covered by an existing patent, it must take steps to clear the way i.e. remove all obstacles before commencing...