BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Bombay High Court Rejects Baskin Robbins Licensee Graviss Foods' 'ICE CREAM ROCKS' Trademark Bid
Case Title: Graviss Foods Private Limited vs The Registrar of Trade Marks
Case Number: COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. 20 OF 2026 AND COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION (L) NO. 10288 OF 2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(BOM)518
The Bombay High Court on 16 September dismissed petitions filed by Graviss Foods, the Indian licensee of Baskin Robbins, challenging the Registrar of Trade Marks' rejection of its applications to register “ICE CREAM ROCKS”. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan observed that the phrase “ICE CREAM ROCKS” is too generic and descriptive to acquire distinctive character warranting trademark protection.
CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Case Title: Pravin Kumar v. ITC Limited & Ors.
Case Number: TEMPAPO-IPD NO. 6 OF 2025 IA NO: GA-COM 2 OF 2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (CAL) 226
The Calcutta High Court has upheld an interim injunction against the use of “IJM Gold Stag” for cigarettes, finding sufficient similarity with ITC Limited's “Gold Flake” marks and packaging to make out a prima facie case of trademark infringement and passing off. A Division Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya delivered the judgment on September 18, 2026. The bench also dismissed ITC's cross-objection, holding that the injunction granted by the Single Judge already covered infringement of ITC's registered trademarks and trade dress.
DELHI HIGH COURT
Case Title: ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc & Anr.
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court issued notice on Asian News International's (ANI) appeal against the rejection of its interim injunction application against OpenAI Inc. in a copyright infringement suit. Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora sought OpenAI's response and listed the appeal for further hearing on December 8. ANI filed the suit alleging that ChatGPT was trained on its copyrighted news content without authorization.
Case Title: Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. John Doe & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 989/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 962
The Delhi High Court ordered the blocking of four rogue websites accused of illegally streaming Formula 1, ATP Tour, and Saudi Pro League sporting events in India. Justice Jyoti Singh passed an ex parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Sporta Technologies, owner of FanCode, holding that the platform possesses exclusive broadcasting rights for these events.
Delhi High Court Restrains Real Estate Websites Using SignatureGlobal Marks And Project Material
Case Title: SignatureGlobal (India) Limited v. Ashok Kumar/John Doe & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 922/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 967
The Delhi High Court temporarily restrained a group of operators from running lookalike websites copying real estate developer SignatureGlobal's registered trademarks, branding, and copyrighted project content. Justice Jyoti Singh directed domain registrars, including GoDaddy, Hostinger, Namecheap, and Wix, to immediately lock and suspend nine rogue websites impersonating SignatureGlobal's official portals.
Bombay Shaving Co. Takes Down Allegedly Disparaging Ad After Gillette Suit In Delhi High Court
Case Title: GILLETTE INDIA LIMITED V/S VISAGE LINES PERSONAL CARE PRIVATE LIMITED
Case Number: CS(COMM) - 1007/2026
Visage Lines Personal Care Private Limited, parent company of Bombay Shaving Company, agreed to take down a disputed advertisement featuring a mock courtroom setting after Gillette India filed a product disparagement suit in the Delhi High Court. Justice Jyoti Singh characterized the advertisement sequence as an "outright mockery" of the court. The court declined Gillette's request to immediately restrain a newly released separate advertisement without a formal challenge being brought before it.
Case Title: Amazon Seller Services Private Limited vs https//cinevood.love/ & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 1002/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 970
The Delhi High Court restrained 11 piracy websites from hosting, streaming, or distributing Amazon's upcoming film VIBE online without authorization prior to its theatrical release. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the ex parte ad-interim dynamic injunction on September 15 in a suit instituted by Amazon Seller Services Private Limited.
Case Title: GILLETTE INDIA LIMITED V/S VISAGE LINES PERSONAL CARE PRIVATE LIMITED
Case Number: CS(COMM) - 1007/2026
Bombay Shaving Company on Wednesday agreed to take down an advertisement featuring a mock courtroom setting and a judge character after the Delhi High Court questioned the company over what it described as “outright mockery” of the court. Justice Jyoti Singh said, “I don't know what your client's definition of mockery is if this is not mocking the court,” after counsel for Bombay Shaving Company sought to defend the courtroom sequence.
Case Title: Basant Lal vs Shakti Hydraulic Engineers & Anr.
Case Number: C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 190/2024
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 971
The Delhi High Court cancelled the trademark "LNK", registered by Shakti Hydraulic Engineers for sanitary products, after holding it deceptively similar to Basant Lal's registered mark "L&K". Justice Jyoti Singh allowed Lal's petition and directed the Registrar of Trademarks to remove the "LNK" mark from the register within eight weeks.
Case Title: GILLETTE INDIA LIMITED V/S VISAGE LINES PERSONAL CARE PRIVATE LIMITED
Case Number: CS(COMM) - 1007/2026
The Delhi High Court indicated that it would pass an order against Visage Lines Personal Care Private Limited, the parent company of Bombay Shaving Company, if the company failed to satisfactorily revise an advertisement that Gillette India alleged disparages its products. Justice Jyoti Singh gave the company until the afternoon of 16 September to return with revised versions of the advertisement. The judge made clear that the company could either modify the advertisement or face an order from the Court.
Case Title: MEENAKSHI CHAUDHARY V/S JOHN DOE/ASHOK KUMAR & ORS.
Case Number: CS(COMM) - 1029/2026
The Delhi High Court ordered the removal of specified obscene online content in a personality rights suit filed by actor Meenakshi Chaudhary. The court left claims regarding commercial exploitation of her personality rights open, observing that blanket relief could not be granted without evidence of actual monetisation.
KERALA HIGH COURT
Case Title: Kandamkulathi Ayurveda Vaidyasala (P) Ltd. vs Regional Director, Southern Region, Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Ors.
Case Number: WP(C) NO. 31973 OF 2017
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(KER) 182
The Kerala High Court quashed two Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) orders directing companies run by Kandamkulathy Francis Paul to change their corporate names under Section 16(1)(b) of the Companies Act. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas held that Kandamkulathy Vaidyasala Pvt. Ltd. did not itself hold the registered "Kandamkulathy" trademark and therefore could not maintain rectification applications under Section 16(1)(b).
MADRAS HIGH COURT
Case Title: GRB Dairy Foods Private Limited v. Sri Lakshmi Industries
Case Number: A No. 4013 of 2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(MAD) 270
The Madras High Court granted GRB Dairy Foods leave to file a suit against Sri Lakshmi Industries (producers of "NG Ghee") over an Instagram reel allegedly making false and disparaging statements about "GRB" brand ghee. Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi passed the order on September 17 in a suit brought to protect the plaintiff's commercial goodwill.
Case Title: M/s. Shanti Telefilms vs M/s. Amma Creations
Case Number: OA No. 372 of 2026 and Arb Appln.Nos.944 & 945 of 2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(MAD) 265
The Madras High Court disposed of three applications seeking to restrain the release of the Tamil film Agni Siragugal after producer Amma Creations undertook not to release or commercially exploit the film without clearing claimed dues. Justice K. Kumaresh Babu recorded the undertaking on September 15 and ordered strict compliance pending disposal of arbitral proceedings.
TELANGANA HIGH COURT
Case Title: M/s. Vaidehi Agro Oils Private Limited and another v. M/s. Sri Tulasi Industries & Anr.
Case Number: CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.161 of 2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(TEL) 75
The Telangana High Court upheld a temporary injunction restraining Vaidehi Agro Oils from using the mark "Namaskar Tasty Nutts" for edible oil. The court held that the mark and packaging were deceptively similar to Sri Tulasi Industries' "Tasty Gold" brand and were likely to confuse semi-literate consumers.