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Trademark Owner As Director Of Applicant Company Not Enough To Seek Rival's Name Change: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High court has quashed two MCA orders directing companies run by Kandamkulathy Francis Paul to change their names after K. P. Pathrose Vaidyan's Kandamkulathy Vaidyasala Pvt. Ltd. sought rectification of their names under Section 16(1)(b) of the Companies Act.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas held that the company seeking the name changes did not itself hold the registered “Kandamkulathy” trademark. It therefore could not maintain the applications under Section 16(1)(b) of the Companies...
Calcutta HC Upholds Injunction Against 'IJM Gold Stag' For Trademark Infringement, Passing Off ITC's 'Gold Flake'
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...
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Obscene Content In Actor Meenakshi Chaudhary's Personality Rights Suit
The court, however, left claims of commercial exploitation of her personality rights open, saying blanket relief could not be granted without evidence of actual monetisation.
Delhi High Court Cancels 'LNK' Trademark Over Similarity With Basant Lal's 'L&K' Sanitary Products Mark
The Delhi High Court on 3 September cancelled the trademark “LNK”, registered by Shakti Hydraulic Engineers for sanitary products, after finding it deceptively similar to “L&K”, an older registered mark belonging to Basant Lal. Justice Jyoti Singh allowed Lal's petition and directed the Registrar of Trademarks to remove Shakti Hydraulic Engineers' “LNK” registration from the register and rectify it within eight weeks. The Bench observed: “LNK is deceptively similar, visually and...
Bombay High Court Rejects Baskin Robbins Licensee Graviss Foods' 'ICE CREAM ROCKS' Trademark Bid
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. The Bench observed: “Merely adding 'ROCKS' to 'ICE CREAM' does not turn the needle in favour of making...
Delhi High Court Blocks Piracy Websites From Streaming Amazon's Kunal Kemmu, Preity Zinta Film 'VIBE'
The Delhi High Court has restrained 11 piracy websites, including Cinevood, PVRPlay and 1TamilMV, from hosting, streaming or otherwise making Amazon's upcoming film “VIBE” available online without authorisation, ahead of its scheduled theatrical release.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the ex parte ad interim order on September 15 in a suit filed by Amazon Seller Services Private Limited. The film is scheduled for a pan-India theatrical release on September 18, 2026.“VIBE” is written and directed by...
Bombay Shaving Co. Takes Down Allegedly Disparaging Ad After Gillette Suit In Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today noted that Visage Lines Personal Care Private Limited, the parent company of Bombay Shaving Company, has taken down a disputed advertisement after Gillette India filed a product disparagement suit. On a separate issue, Justice Jyoti Singh declined Gillette's request to immediately restrain a newly released advertisement by Bombay Shaving Company, saying the court would not intervene without a proper challenge being brought before it. “I am not going to permit you,...
Madras HC Disposes Pleas Over 'Agni Siragugal' After Maker Undertakes Not To Release Film Until Dues Cleared
The Madras High Court has disposed of three applications seeking to restrain the release and commercial exploitation of Tamil film Agni Siragugal after Amma Creations undertook not to release, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit the film without clearing the claimed dues.Justice K. Kumaresh Babu recorded the undertaking and directed that it be strictly abided by until the disposal of the arbitral proceedings. The order was passed on September 15.The applications were filed by Shanti...
Delhi High Court Restrains Real Estate Websites Using SignatureGlobal Marks And Project Material
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a group of operators from running a string of lookalike websites that copied real estate developer SignatureGlobal's trademarks, branding, and copyrighted project material.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 14, 2026, directing domain registrars—including GoDaddy, Hostinger, Namecheap, and Wix—to immediately lock and suspend nine rogue websites impersonating the real estate company's official portals.SignatureGlobal, a listed real...
Bombay Shaving Co. Agrees To Take Down Allegedly Disparaging Ad After Delhi HC Calls It 'Mockery Of Court'
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. The court added, “Please don't even stand to defend...
LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: September 07 - September 13, 2026
BOMBAY HIGH COURT'Tragic Picture Of IP Rights Ecosystem': Bombay High Court Rules Scientist, Not IIT Bombay, Owns Invention After 13-Year Battle Case Title: Dr. Tarkeshwar Chandrakant Patil v. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay & Ors.Case Number: COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION (L) NO. 12000 OF 2026 Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 503Observing that prolonged proceedings over a patent application had cost an inventor 13 years out of the 20-year statutory protection period, the Bombay High...
Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of Websites Illegally Streaming F1 Racing, ATP Tennis, Saudi Pro League
The Delhi High Court has recently ordered the blocking of four rogue websites accused of illegally streaming Formula 1, ATP Tour and Saudi Pro League events in India, for which FanCode has exclusive broadcasting rights.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 10, granting Sporta Technologies, which owns and operates FanCode, an ex parte ad interim injunction. The court found that Sporta had made out a prima facie case, that the balance of convenience lay in its favour and that it was...