LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: March 29 - April 4, 2026
Riya Rathore
7 April 2026 9:40 AM IST
HIGH COURTS
Delhi High Court
Case Title: Yesha Sant Designs Pvt Ltd v. Vidhi Singhal Trading As Varie In & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 299/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 337
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Yesha Sant Designs Pvt. Ltd., restraining an e-commerce seller from using the registered trademark “YESHA SANT” and directing it to remove infringing listings and content across platforms. The court held that there was a prima facie case of unauthorised adoption and infringement of the registered trademark, noting that customers appeared to be confused about whether the defendants' products originated from or were associated with the plaintiff.
Delhi High Court Rejects Sujata Home Appliances' Plea To Use 'SUJATA' As Corporate Name
Case Title: Mittal Electronics v. Sujata Home Appliances (P) Ltd. & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 60/2020, I.A. 5528/2020, I.A. 5751/2020, CCP(O) 4/2021, REVIEW PET.89/2021, I.A. 2866/2021, I.A. 2875/2021 & I.A. 2884/2021
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 335
The Delhi High Court has refused to allow Sujata Home Appliances (P) Ltd. to use the mark “SUJATA” as its corporate identity, holding that a limited exception granted in 2020 for specific products did not dilute the broader restraint under earlier orders. The suit was filed by Mittal Electronics, the registered proprietor of the “SUJATA” trademark. Sujata Home Appliances had approached the court seeking clarification of a September 9, 2020 order to permit use of “SUJATA” as its trade and corporate name for water filters, water purifiers, and RO systems.
Delhi High Court Bars Sale Of Water Purifiers Infringing 'KENT' Trademark And Design
Case Title: Kent RO Systems Ltd & Anr. v. Kanchan Singh & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 681/2024
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 334
The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Kent RO Systems Ltd., restraining several entities from making or selling water purifiers that infringe its “KENT” trademark and registered design. In a judgment delivered on March 13, 2026, Justice Jyoti Singh recorded that the defendants did not appear to contest the case and were proceeded against ex parte. The material placed on record, the Court noted, showed that the plaintiffs' marks and design had been copied.
Case Title: Brown-Forman Distillery, Inc. v. Brewholik Private Limited & Anr.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 1394/2025, I.A. 32351/2025 & I.A. 2059/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 332
The Delhi High Court has refused to permit the sale of seized whiskey stocks bearing the trademark “OLD FORESTER”, holding that goods found in violation of trademark rights fall within the definition of “counterfeit liquor” under excise law. In an order delivered on April 2, 2026, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed an application by Brewholik Private Limited seeking to release 3,464 boxes of seized inventory and complete the importation of an additional 2,600 boxes to fulfill government contracts.
Delhi High Court Injuncts 'HALESAGA' Mark, Finds It Similar To Saga Lifesciences' 'SAGA'
Case Title: Saga Lifesciences Limited v. M/S Anaadi Global Co. & Anr.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 574/2023, I.A. 15667/2023 & I.A. 19731/2023 2026
Citation: LLBiz HC (DEL) 329
The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of Saga Lifesciences Limited, restraining Anaadi Global from using the mark 'HALESAGA / ' or any other mark deceptively similar to 'SAGA' for pharmaceutical and medicinal preparations. The court held that the rival mark is prima facie deceptively similar and likely to cause confusion. Justice Tejas Karia held that the defendants' mark incorporates the plaintiff's mark in its entirety and cannot be distinguished merely by adding a prefix or stylistic elements.
Case Title: Sun Pharma Laboratories Limited v. Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Case Number: CS(COMM) 39/2023
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 328
The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction restraining Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited from using 'BEVATAS' for its cancer drug, finding it deceptively similar to Sun Pharma's 'BEVETEX', used to treat cancers such as breast and lung cancer. Justice Tejas Karia held that the rival marks are structurally and phonetically similar and likely to confuse consumers, particularly in the context of cancer drugs used to treat different kinds of cancers, where public health concerns demand a stricter approach.
Delhi High Court Injuncts 'Gainda' Cleaning Products For Copying Harpic, Colin, Lizol Trade Dress
Case Title: Reckitt And Colman Overseas Hygience Home Limited & Ors. v. Mr. Akash Arora Trading As M/S Grand Chemical Works.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 1052/2024 & 5358/2025
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 326
The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining Grand Chemical Works from manufacturing and selling cleaning products under its 'Gainda' mark that deceptively resemble Reckitt's Harpic, Colin, and Lizol brands. Passing the order on March 28, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia held that the defendant's products imitate the essential features of the plaintiffs' trade dress and are likely to mislead consumers into believing they originate from the same source.
Delhi High Court Upholds Canadian Company's Antenna Patent, Finds Rosenberger In Infringement
Case Title: Communication Components Antenna Inc v. Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmBH & Co. Kg & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 653/2019 and CC(COMM) 22/2022
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 325
The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Canadian firm Communication Components Antenna Inc. in a patent infringement dispute, turning down the defendants' challenge to the validity of its patent covering split-sector antenna technology that uses asymmetrical beams. The Court also held that companies within the Rosenberger Group had infringed the invention. In a judgment delivered on March 30, 2026, Justice Prathiba M. Singh upheld the patent as valid and enforceable. The Court found that Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Prose Technologies India Private Limited, Rosenberger Asia Pacific Electronic Co. Ltd., and Prose Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. were unable to make out any legally sustainable ground for revoking it under the Patents Act.
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Refusing Patent For Harvard's Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cells
Case Title: President And Fellows Of Harvard College v. Controller General Of Patents Designs And Trademarks
Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 493/2022
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 324
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order by the Controller General of Patents that refused a patent to Harvard College for its stem-cell-derived insulin-producing pancreatic cells used for diabetes treatment. Justice Tejas Karia held that the Patent Office committed an error by failing to consider the university's amended claims, which had significantly altered the nature of the application.
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of 'Pookie Baba' Aniruddhacharya Ji Maharaj
Case Title: Anil Kumar Tiwari Anirudhacharya v. John Doe Ashok Kumar & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 336/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 323
The Delhi High Court has recently granted a temporary injunction restraining the unauthorised use of the persona of spiritual preacher Aniruddhacharya Ji Maharaj (Anil Kumar Tiwari) popularly known as 'Pookie Baba', observing that the threat to his reputation was “real and present.” Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, by an order dated March 30, 2026, passed directions against various unknown defendants while also directing social media platforms Meta, X and Google to take down identified infringing content.
Delhi High Court Finds Mehra Brothers In Breach Of Settlement Concerning SUPERON Trademark
Case Title: Sanjay Mehra v. Sharad Mehra & Ors.
Case Number: CONT.CAS(C) 1476/2023, CM APPLs. 63072/2023, 1251/2024, 12553/2024, 15624/2024, 19806/2024, 37040/2024
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 320
The Delhi High Court has found that brothers Sanjay Mehra and Sharad Mehra breached the court-recorded Terms of Settlement (family settlement) governing the “SUPERON” trademark, holding them guilty of wilful disobedience of the agreed intellectual property and territorial restrictions. The findings came on cross-contempt petitions filed by both sides, each accusing the other of violating the settlement. Consequently, it directed both of them to comply with the requirements of the settlement.
Case Title: M/S MRT Music v. Paramvah Studios Private Limited & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 680/2024
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 319
The Delhi High Court has directed Kannada actor-director Rakshit Shetty's production house, Paramvah Studios, to deposit Rs 20 lakh as licence fee and imposed Rs 5 lakh as costs for contempt, holding that the unauthorised use of two Kannada film songs in Bachelor Party was purposeful and not trivial. A Bench of Justice Tejas Karia rejected the studio's de minimis defence, holding that “the application of the 'de minimis' or fair use standard is determined primarily by qualitative aspects rather than quantitative measures.”
Case Title: K.S. Oils Limited v. Shivang Edibles Oils Limited & Anr.
Case Number: FAO (COMM) 69/2026 & CM APPL. 14636/2026, CM APPL. 14639- 14642/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 315
The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an ex parte ad interim injunction that had restrained K.S. Oils Limited from using the 'KALASH' trademark and has asked the Trial Court to take a fresh call on the injunction application. This allows them to use the mark for edible oils. The ruling came on March 30, 2026, from a division bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, which found that the trial court's conclusion on a prima facie case could not be sustained.
Case Title: Lawrence School Sanawar Society vs. Mr. Subodh Sinha & Ors.
Case Number: CS(COMM) 245/2026
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 312
The Delhi High Court has granted a temporary injunction in favour of Lawrence School Sanawar Society, which runs The Lawrence School in Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh, in a dispute over allegedly defamatory content posted about the institution on Facebook. The order targets a Facebook page and certain individuals. Educator Subodh Sinha, the page IPSC & Indian Top Schools Alumni (IITSA), and Ankit Kumar Gupta have been restrained, along with anyone acting on their behalf, from using the school's registered trademarks. Meta Platforms Inc. has also been directed to take down the impugned content.
Delhi High Court Cancels Copyright On Bicycle Parts Label For Lack Of Originality
Case Title: Bombay Metals Pvt Ltd vs Tara Singh and Anr.
Case Number: C.O.(COMM.IPD-CR) 770/2022
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 311
The Delhi High Court has cancelled the copyright registration of a product packaging label used by one Tara Singh for bicycle parts, holding that the sticker was a substantial imitation of Bombay Metal Works Pvt. Ltd.'s label in its layout, colour scheme and arrangement, despite bearing a different trade name. “It is trite law that Copyright protection is granted to an artistic work under the Act, only if the said artistic work satisfies the standard of originality,” Justice Tejas Karia said in an order dated March 28, 2026.
Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Refuses MINCO Injunction Against Sister Concern Over 13-Year Acquiescence
Case Title: Minco India Private Limited v. Minco India Flow Elements Private Limited
Case Number: COMMERCIAL APPEAL (L) NO. 1600 OF 2006 IN INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 12616 OF 2024 IN COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO. 236 OF 2025
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 170
The Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal by Minco India Private Limited, affirming a Single Judge's decision to deny an interim injunction against Minco India Flow Elements Private Limited, a company run by the appellant's director's brother. The court found that the plaintiff had been aware of the defendant's use of the “MINCO” mark since 2012 yet chose not to act for over 13 years. That prolonged inaction, the bench held, amounted to clear acquiescence, a complete defence in a trademark infringement claim.
Orissa High Court
Case Title: Ele Animations (P) Ltd., Bhubaneswar v. Satya Swagat Mohanty
Case Number: CRP No. 47 of 2025
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(ORI) 14
The Orissa High Court has allowed a copyright infringement suit to go ahead without pre-institution mediation, brushing aside the defendant's argument that a year-long delay stripped the case of any real urgency. In an order, delivered on March 31, 2026, Justice Sashikanta Mishra dismissed a revision petition filed by Ele Animations (P) Ltd., which had sought to have the suit rejected at the outset.
Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Upholds Injunction In Favour Of Exide Industries In Battery Trade Dress Dispute
Case Title: Amara Raja Energy and Mobility Limited v. Exide Industries Limited
Case Number: TEMPAPO-IPD/7/2025
Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (CAL) 81
The Calcutta High Court has upheld an interim injunction in favour of Exide Industries Limited, holding that Amara Raja Energy and Mobility Limited's red trade dress for automotive batteries is prima facie deceptively similar in overall get-up and likely to mislead consumers. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi, in a judgment delivered on April 02, 2026, dismissed an appeal filed by Amara Raja challenging the Single Judge's order granting interim relief in favour of Exide.