Bombay High Court Allows Preity Zinta To Pursue Suit Against Google, Meta Over AI Deepfakes

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted actress Preity Zinta leave to institute a suit against Google LLC, Meta and other entities over AI-generated deepfake videos, manipulated images, chatbot personas, and other digital content that she claims infringes her rights. The proposed suit alleges infringement of her personality rights, copyright, and moral rights. Justice Abhay Ahuja allowed Zinta's petition seeking leave to file the suit before the Bombay High Court and disposed of the matter. ...

Bombay High Court Restraints Mas Pharmachem's 'BON K2 FORTE', Protects Integrace 'BON-K2' Mark

The Bombay High Court on 15 June granted a permanent injunction restraining Mas Pharmachem from using the mark 'BON K2 FORTE', holding it to be deceptively similar to Integrace Private Limited's registered mark 'BON-K2'.Justice Arif S. Doctor found the defendants' adoption of the mark to be “plainly dishonest, malafide and with a clear intent to deceive” and directed them to pay costs of Rs.1,00,000 each to the Plaintiff within eight weeks, with interest at 8% per annum in case of default....

Sub-Contract Dispute Clause Bars Import Of Arbitration Clause From Principal Contract: Gauhati HC

The Gauhati High Court on 3 June held that a sub-contract that contains its own specific dispute resolution clause cannot import the arbitration clause from the principal contract, even if it describes the principal contract as “part and parcel” of the sub-contract. The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi dismissed a petition filed by Yumiko Global Infra Tech Private Limited (Yumiko) against PRL-Gepong JV (PRL) under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking...

Bombay High Court Bars Use Of 'ZENOX' Mark, Holds It Infringes Glenmark's Registered 'ZINOX' Trademark

The Bombay High Court has permanently restrained Zenlabs India from using the trademark "ZENOX" for medicinal and pharmaceutical products after finding that it was deceptively similar to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' registered mark "ZINOX". The court held that use of the rival mark was likely to cause confusion among consumers and members of the trade. Justice Arif S. Doctor, while decreeing Glenmark's trademark infringement and passing off suit on June 15, held that the competing marks were...

Bombay High Court Cancels DUPHACHRIT Trademark, Finds It Similar To Abbott's DUPHA Marks

The Bombay High Court has ordered the cancellation of the trademark "DUPHACHRIT", holding that it was deceptively similar to Abbott Product Operations AG's family of "DUPHA" marks used for pharmaceutical products. Justice Arif S. Doctor passed the order on June 15, 2026, while allowing a rectification petition filed by Abbott seeking removal of the mark from the Register of Trade Marks. "I don't have the slightest hesitation in holding that the rival marks are deceptively similar and that a...

Self-Created Urgency No Ground To Skip Pre-Institution Mediation: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that a party cannot avoid the mandatory pre-institution mediation process in a commercial dispute by claiming urgency that is of its own making. A Division Bench of Justices Nagesh Bheemapaka and Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy dismissed a plea by Trident Chemphar Limited. The company had challenged an order returning its proposed suit against ongoing ICC arbitration proceedings for failure to first undergo pre-institution mediation. “The urgency, if any, is thus of...

Patent Office Cannot Raise New Objections Beyond Scope Of Remand: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a patent matter remanded solely to cure a breach of natural justice cannot be treated as a fresh examination proceeding, and the Patent Office cannot use such a remand to introduce entirely new prior art references or fresh grounds of objection. Justice Arif S. Doctor passed the ruling while allowing an application filed by Qualyst Transporter Solutions LLC, a United States-based company whose patent application has been under prosecution in India for nearly...

Delhi High Court Quashes Refusal of 'BIG INDIA' Trademark Registration, Orders Fresh Review

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order refusing registration of the word mark "BIG INDIA", holding that the Trade Marks Registry failed to consider several submissions made by the firm seeking registration and passed an unreasoned order. Justice Jyoti Singh, in an order dated May 22, directed the Senior Examiner of Trade Marks to reconsider the application within four months after granting Purpos Planet an opportunity of hearing. “This methodology of carrying out the examination of a...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Nippon Signal Patent Application For Train Controller Technology

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order refusing a patent application for a train-control system developed by Japanese company The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd., after finding that the Patent Office had not adequately dealt with the company's submissions distinguishing the invention from the cited prior-art documents. Justice Jyoti Singh, in a judgment delivered on May 29, remanded the matter to the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs for fresh consideration and directed that a decision...

Financial Hardship Alone Cannot Justify Payment Of Disputed Claim: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that financial hardship by itself cannot justify directing payment of a disputed claim at an interim stage. Refusing to order Ullu Digital Ltd. to secure or deposit about ₹2.58 crore claimed by the producer of the web series 'KINK 2', the Court observed that treating financial pressure as a sufficient reason for payment would blur the distinction between admitted and contested claims. Justice Amit Borkar held that the material on record did not warrant...

Excess Royalty Refunded To Indian Subsidiary Under APA Cannot Be Taxed As Income Of GIA US: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has upheld relief granted to Gemological Institute of America Inc. (GIA US) in a dispute over royalty payments received from its Indian subsidiary. The court ruled that royalty amounts bona fide refunded pursuant to a CBDT-approved Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) could not be brought to tax in the hands of the US entity because the amounts did not ultimately belong to it. A Division Bench of Justice B.P. Colabawalla and Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla dismissed a batch of...

Gujarat HC Quashes Reassessment, Holds No Escaped Income Exists Where MAT Liability Is Unchanged

The Gujarat High Court has quashed reassessment proceedings initiated against Pandesara Infrastructure Limited for Assessment Year 2020-21. The court found that the proposed recomputation of depreciation would not result in any income chargeable to tax escaping assessment. It also noted that the company's liability under the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) regime would remain unchanged. A Division Bench of Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati allowed the writ petition challenging...