Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Use of 'Dream Freedom' Mark, Protects 'FREEDOM' Oil Brand

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Dream Freedom Herbal Pvt. Ltd. from using the mark “DREAM FREEDOM” for edible oils. The Court said the company continued using the mark despite cancellation of its trademark registration, infringing the registered “FREEDOM” edible oil brand of Gemini Edibles and Fats India Ltd.Presiding over the case, Justice Jyoti Singh observed that Gemini Edibles and Fats India Ltd. (GEF India) had established a prima facie case for an injunction. The court...

Madras High Court Revives 'Modern Kitchens' Trademark Scrapped Over Technicality

The Madras High Court has come to the relief of Mangaluru-based snack food manufacturer Modern Kitchens, reviving its trademark application after the Trade Marks Registrar scrapped it over an unsigned affidavit filed during the COVID-19 lockdown. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh held that the Registrar was not justified in treating the application for the mark “MODERN KITCHENS' Delite in Every Bite” as abandoned under Rule 46(2) of the Trade Mark Rules, 2017. In 2018, ACE Foods filed a trademark...

Delhi High Court Restrains Misuse Of HCL Trademark In Alleged Fraudulent 'HCL Mediclinic' Scheme

The Delhi High Court has issued an ex-parte ad-interim injunction to protect HCL Corporation Pvt Ltd against unidentified parties who are allegedly misrepresenting themselves as company officials to dupe members of the public and job seekers. According to the suit filed by HCL, the company recently became aware of illegal and fraudulent activities by rogue third parties. HCL alleges that these individuals have been issuing fraudulent emails, calls, and messages while posing as HCL employees. ...

Delhi High Court Restrains Indian Firm From Using 'SHRM' Trademark Of US HR Organisation

Finding a prima facie case of trademark infringement, the Delhi High Court has barred Strategic HRM from using the “SHRM” mark, observing that failure to grant an ex-parte injunction would cause “irreparable loss and injury” to the US-based Society for Human Resource Management.A single-bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on February 11.The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) was established in the United States as the American Society for Personnel...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of UPL's Herbicide Patent For Denying Mandatory Hearing

The Calcutta High Court has recently set aside an order of the Controller of Patents rejecting UPL Limited's patent application for a herbicidal combination, holding that the authority committed a “serious procedural infirmity” by denying the company a mandatory hearing under Section 14 of the Patents Act and improperly issuing a composite order in examination and pre-grant opposition proceedings. Allowing the appeal, Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur ruled that examination proceedings under Sections...

Supreme Court Allows Product-To-Claim Mapping In Nivolumab Patent Dispute Between ER Squibb and Zydus

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a special leave petition filed by E.R. Squibb and Sons LLC against Zydus Lifesciences Ltd in a patent dispute over the anti-cancer immunotherapy drug Nivolumab, arising from a January 12 judgment of the Delhi High Court's Division Bench.A Bench of the Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that since Zydus had already marketed its product and it was readily available in the market, the petitioners would be at liberty to undertake a...

Bombay High Court Issues Bailable Warrants Against 4 Effingut Directors In Copyright Contempt Case By PPL

The Bombay High Court recently issued bailable warrants against four directors of the Pune-based Effingut Breweries, a popular largest craft beer brand and owners of pubs and lounges operating in major cities like Pune, Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram etc for failing to appear before the court as ordered in a previous hearing. Single-judge Justice Sharmila Deshmukh was hearing a contempt petition against Effingut Breweries and its directors - Vishal Makar, Manish Tandon, Upesh Gulati and Monika Gulati...

Belagavi Court Refuses Ex Parte Injunction Against US AI Company Anthropic In Trademark Dispute

A Commercial Court in Belagavi, Karnataka has refused to grant an ex parte interim injunction to an Indian company in a trademark dispute over the mark “Anthropic” against a US AI company Anthropic PBC. The court held that there is no “imminent threat” of infringement at this stage. The court, however, issued summons to the San Francisco-based defendant and directed that emergent notice be sent in accordance with the applicable guidelines The suit was filed by Anthropic Softwares Private...

Madras High Court Rules Against 7-Eleven in 'Big Bite' Trademark Battle With Indian Company

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a batch of appeals filed by a global retail giant, 7-Eleven International LLC, upholding the “Big Bite” trademark in favour of an Indian company, Ravi Foods Private Limited.The court held that "there is no material to show that the appellant has done business on Indian soil, with the aforesaid mark, on the date of the application or at any subsequent point of time prior to the commencement of opposition proceedings."Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, in its...

Delhi High Court Closes COBADEX Trademark Case After GlaxoSmithKline Settles With Mensa Futura

The Delhi High Court has recently disposed of a trademark suit filed by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, a major Indian pharmaceutical company, after it reached a settlement with Mensa Futura Life Sciences over the use of the 'COBADEX' brand and look-alike packaging.Under the settlement, Mensa Futura agreed to permanently stop using the mark 'CUBANEX-CZS' and any deceptively similar mark or packaging, consented to a permanent injunction in favour of GlaxoSmithKline, and undertook to...

Delhi High Court Restrains 'SUPERON' Trademark Use, Orders Takedown Of Infringing Websites

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Sanjay Mehra, proprietor of the registered “SUPERON” trademark, restraining a Gurugram-based entity from using the mark or any deceptively similar name of the stainless steel consumables brand. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on February 4, 2026, directing the entity's proprietor to immediately cease using the "SUPERON" name in any capacity, whether as a trade name, domain name, or email...

Supreme Court To Examine If Civil Judge (Senior Division) As Commercial Court Can Hear Trademark Suits

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will examine whether a Commercial Court presided over by a Civil Judge (Senior Division) can entertain trademark infringement and passing-off suits in view of Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act. The court stayed further proceedings in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit pending before the Commercial Court at Jamshedpur. The issue arises from Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, which governs the forum for filing trademark infringement...