Physics Wallah Founder Alakh Pandey Moves Delhi High Court Over Alleged Misuse Of Personality Rights

Physics Wallah founder Alakh Pandey on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against the alleged unauthorised commercial exploitation of his identity. The court directed him to submit a defendant-wise tabulated chart classifying the alleged infringements before considering interim relief. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani asked Pandey to categorise the alleged violations into three classes: content commercialising or monetising his personality; content that...

Actor Tabu Moves Delhi High Court Over Alleged Personality Rights Violations

Actor Tabu has moved the Delhi High Court seeking removal of online content that she alleges disparages her and violates her personality rights. She has also sought action against the unauthorised use of her name and image across social media platforms, websites, and e-commerce portals. Justice Jyoti Singh heard submissions on Tuesday from social media intermediaries, domain registrars, and e-commerce platforms on their obligation to remove the disputed content. During the hearing, Meta...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of Videos Disparaging Patanjali, Including 'Cause Cancer' Claims

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Google and Meta to take down 19 videos allegedly disparaging Patanjali and its products by claiming they "cause cancer", calling them "zeher".The court also restrained an identified uploader from publishing the impugned content further.The videos also described the company's conduct as "brutal" and "fraud". The court also restrained an identified uploader from publishing the impugned content further.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the directions while hearing...

LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: July 27 - August 02, 2026

DELHI HIGH COURTDelhi High Court Restrains Use Of 'COBEX' Mark In GlaxoSmithKline's Trademark Suit Over 'COBADEX' Case Title: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited v. Orion Biotech Private Limited & Ors.Case Number: CS(COMM) 754/2026Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 774The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Orion Biotech and associated entities from using the mark 'COBEX' for a paediatric antibiotic. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed that GSK had made out a prima facie case that...

Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Order In Commercial Disparagement Suit, Says It Was 'Bereft Of Reasons'

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a commercial court's order refusing to reject a plaint in a commercial disparagement suit, observing that the order was "bereft of reasons."Justice Lalitha Kanneganti was hearing a writ petition filed by PARE Innovations Private Limited challenging an order of the Bengaluru Commercial Court dated April 15, 2026.Vox Building Products Private Limited and Vox Interior and Exterior Solutions Private Limited had filed the underlying suit seeking a permanent...

Madras High Court Restrains Three Pharma Companies From Using 'ORG-9' Trademark

The Madras High Court has granted a temporary injunction against three Haryana-based pharmaceutical companies over their use of the mark "ORG-9" after a prima facie finding that it infringes the registered trademark "ARG-9" owned by Chennai-based Nouveau Medicament Private Limited.Justice K. Kumaresh Babu passed the ad-interim order on July 27.Nouveau Medicament Private Limited, a Chennai-based pharmaceutical company, submitted that it holds registration for the trademark "ARG-9".The...

Madras High Court Refuses To Stall Release Of AI-Enhanced Kochadaiiyaan Over 2014 Financing Dispute

The Madras High Court has refused to stop the release of an AI-enhanced version of the 2014 Rajinikanth film Kochadaiiyaan. It held that the film's financier could not seek to restrain its release since it had not sought any relief against the company that is now the assignee of the film.Justice K. Kumaresh Babu observed that "the plaintiff had not sought for any relief as against the fifth defendant, who is admittedly now assignee of the film." In view of this, the court held that it could not...

Actor Shruti Haasan Moves Bombay High Court Over AI Deepfakes, Personality Rights Violations

Actress Shruti Haasan has moved the Bombay High Court with a commercial suit seeking ₹15 crore in damages, alleging that unauthorised merchandise sellers, online platforms, and unidentified parties have violated her personality and publicity rights by using her name, image, likeness and voice without her consent. She has also alleged the creation and circulation of AI-generated deepfake content, including sexually explicit videos and images featuring her.Justice Abhay Ahuja has granted Haasan...

Delhi Commercial Court Orders Blocking Of Websites Selling Pirated TrendyTech Course

A commercial court in Saket, New Delhi, has granted an ex parte interim injunction restraining the unauthorised sale and distribution of pirated copies of TrendyTech Insights LLP's copyrighted "GDL TrendyTech Ultimate Big Data Masters Program" course. It also directed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), along with internet service providers and other intermediaries, to block access to the infringing websites, while...

Foreign Seat Of Arbitration Alone Doesn't Oust Indian Courts' Jurisdiction To Grant Interim Relief: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that merely choosing a foreign seat of arbitration does not, by itself, prevent Indian courts from granting interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. It observed that excluding the jurisdiction of Indian courts requires an express agreement between the parties.Justice M.G.S. Kamal observed, "Therefore, mere existence of an arbitration clause providing place of arbitration outside India itself cannot be construed as ''an...

LiveLawBiz IPR Monthly Digest: July, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Appoints Amicus Curiae In Patent Case Over Human-AI Integration TechnologyCase Title: Caleb Suresh Motupalli v. Controller Of PatentsCase Number: SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 20319/2026The Supreme Court has appointed Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar as Amicus Curiae in a patent dispute concerning an invention that claims to enhance human capabilities by integrating them with artificial intelligence. The inventor describes the technology as creating a...

Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Order Restraining Trademark Owners From Using Own Mark, Calls It 'Grave Error'

The Gujarat High court has set aside a temporary injunction restraining the registered proprietors of the trademark "Aditya Jewellers" from using their own registered mark, ruling that the Commercial court in Rajkot committed "a grave error of law" by granting the relief. The court observed that the trial court had assessed the reliability of the appellants' evidence at the interim stage, even though "no mini trial can be conducted" while deciding an application for temporary injunction.A...