Madras High Court Holds Chennai API Maker's Export Of Diabetes Drug Vildagliptin To Egypt Infringed Novartis Patent

The Madras High Court has held that Chennai-based API manufacturer Venkata Narayana Active Ingredients Pvt. Ltd. infringed Novartis AG's Indian patent by manufacturing and exporting large quantities of the diabetes drug Vildagliptin to companies in Egypt between 2016 and 2018. Ruling in favour of Novartis, the Court found that Venkata Narayana Active Ingredients had failed to show that the exports were covered by the statutory Bolar exception. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy pronounced the...

Delhi High Court Grants Zee Temporary Injunction Against Illegal Streaming Of FIFA World Cup 2026

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction in favour of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. The court restrained rogue websites from illegally streaming FIFA World Cup 2026 content and directed internet service providers to block access to them in real time. Zee holds exclusive media rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in India across cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV, broadband, and mobile transmission platforms. The tournament is scheduled to take place from June 11 to...

Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Plea Against Release Of Varun Dhawan-Starrer 'Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai'

The Bombay High Court has recently declined to entertain an urgent plea seeking reliefs against the release of the Varun Dhawan starrer film "Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai" and two songs featured in it, observing that Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd. had already approached a court in Bihar seeking similar reliefs and had failed to satisfactorily explain why it had not secured permission to withdraw those proceedings. Justice Farhan P. Dubash passed the order on June 3, two days before the film's...

Mumbai Court Refuses To Stay OTT Release of 'Dhurandhar 2' In Writer's Suit Alleging Plagiarism

A Mumbai civil court on Thursday has rejected the ad-interim relief sought by a writer who alleged that filmmaker Aditya Dhar and others had copied his story and script. The court declined to restrain the film's release on an OTT platform after finding that the plaintiff had failed to establish similarity between the competing works and had not impleaded the OTT platform as a party.Santosh Kumar R.S. filed a suit for a declaration and an injunction, alleging that the defendants, including...

Delhi High Court Restrains Use Of 'Liv-22', Protects Himalaya's 'Liv.52' Mark

The Delhi High Court on 29 May granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd, restraining the makers of a liver care product sold under the mark "Liv-22" from manufacturing, selling or advertising the product pending further hearing. A Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh observed: "I am of the view that Plaintiffs have made out a prima facie for grant of ex parte ad interim injunction against the Defendants. Balance of convenience lies in favour of the Plaintiffs...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Use Of Jeans Pocket Stitching Designs Similar To Levi's Arcuate Mark

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Levi Strauss and Co., restraining Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited from using stitching designs on its Killer and Integriti jeans that were found prima facie to be deceptively similar to Levi's Arcuate Stitching Design Mark. Relief was, however, denied in respect of the company's Lawman Pg3 stitching design.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora delivered the judgment on May 29, 2026. The court observed that "the Defendant's adoption of deceptively...

Delhi HC Restrains Use Of MakeMyIndiaTrip Mark, Says Adding 'India' Does Not Distinguish It From MakeMyTrip

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained MakeMyIndiaTrip from using the marks "MakeMyIndiaTrip" and its logo, holding that the addition of the word "India" was insufficient to distinguish the impugned marks from MakeMyTrip's registered trademark. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on May 29 in a trademark suit filed by online travel platform MakeMyTrip (India) Private Limited. The Court found a prima facie case of infringement and observed that the adoption of the impugned marks...

Delhi HC Restrains Orziva From Using 'ORZIFER-XT', Finds Deceptive Similarity With Emcure's 'OROFER-XT'

The Delhi High Court on 29 May granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in a trademark infringement suit filed by Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited, after it found that the mark 'ORZIFER-XT' is visually, structurally and phonetically deceptively similar to the registered mark 'OROFER-XT' and is likely to confuse consumers in the iron supplementation segment. Justice Jyoti Singh heard the matter and restrained Orziva Healthcare Private Limited from manufacturing, selling, distributing or promoting...

Delhi High Court Grants Ex Parte Injunction To Jockey Against JOYKE, JOYSKY & Similar Marks On Meesho

The Delhi High Court on 29 May 2026 granted an ex parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Jockey International Inc., restraining multiple sellers from dealing in innerwear products under deceptively similar marks including JOYKE, JOYSKY, JOYSKE and JOJOKE on the e-commerce platform Meesho. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained Defendants 1 to 4 and John Does from manufacturing, marketing, selling, listing or otherwise dealing in products bearing the impugned marks. She also directed Meesho to block...

Delhi High Court Restrains Maxx Farmacia From Using 'MAXX-RICH' Mark, Trade Dress In Cipla's Plea

The Delhi High Court on 29 May granted an ad-interim injunction in favour of Cipla Health Limited and restrained Maxx Farmacia India LLP and two other defendants from using the mark 'MAXX-RICH' and its associated trade dress for multivitamins, iron tonics, syrups and antibiotics in a trademark infringement and passing off suit. Justice Jyoti Singh also barred the defendants from marketing, selling or advertising the impugned products under the challenged mark or deceptively similar packaging...

Supreme Court Directs Princeton-Named Telangana Colleges To Publish Disclaimer Stating No Connection With US University

The Supreme Court has directed six Telangana colleges operating under the "Princeton" name to prominently state on their websites, prospectuses, admission material, and certificates that they have "no connection whatsoever with Princeton University, New Jersey, United States of America." The Court observed that "students may well be misled by the use of its name by others offering educational courses." A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K. Vinod Chandran passed the order on May 29...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of Pornographic Content, AI Deepfakes Using Actor Naga Chaitanya's Persona

The Delhi High Court has directed multiple pornographic websites, Google LLC, IndiaMart and a merchandise seller to take down specified content and listings using Telugu actor Akkineni Naga Chaitanya's name, image and likeness. The court passed the directions after finding a prima facie case for granting interim protection in a personality rights suit filed by the actor. The defendants concerned have been directed to comply with the order within 24 hours of receiving it. Justice Jyoti Singh...