Karnataka High Court Clears Release Of 'BOSS' Movie, Rejects Darshan's Plea Over Renukaswamy Murder Case Similarities

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by actor Darshan Srinivas (Darshan Thoogudeepa) and his wife Vijayalakshmi challenging the refusal to temporarily restrain the release of the Kannada film BOSS. The court held that the existence of certain similarities between the film and the pending trial relating to the alleged murder of Renukaswamy, in which the actor is facing trial as an accused, was by itself not sufficient to justify an interim injunction. Justice Pradeep...

'Piracy Must Be Dealt With A Heavy Hand': Delhi High Court Grants Sony Relief Against 14 Rogue Websites

The Delhi High Court has observed that rogue websites engaged in piracy of copyrighted content pose a recurring threat and must be dealt with "a heavy hand." It has granted an ex parte ad interim injunction restraining 14 websites, including Cricgo.pro, from communicating, hosting, streaming or otherwise making available without authorisation any part of the Commonwealth Games 2026 and the Australian Open 2027, over which Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited holds exclusive broadcast and...

Delhi High Court Restrains Former JK Paper Employees From Using Company's Confidential Report

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained former employees of JK Paper Limited from using or employing the company's confidential and proprietary "Purta/Purtha" report after the company alleged that members of its IT department resigned together, took proprietary data belonging to it and later set up a new business.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed that the forensic report relied upon by JK Paper would have to undergo scrutiny before it could be relied upon. Even so, the court held...

Bombay High Court Dismisses 'SUNDAY' Trademark Renewal Plea, Finds Notice Properly Dispatched

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking renewal of the trademark "SUNDAY". It held that the Trade Marks Registry had discharged its obligation to issue a renewal notice before the registration expired by proving that it had been properly dispatched.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad held that once the Registry proved proper dispatch of the notice to the address for service, the statutory presumption of service came into...

Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Niravi From Using 'SAPAT' Trademark For Tea

The Bombay High Court has restrained Niravi Consumer LLP and its associated entities from using the trademark "SAPAT" in relation to tea, holding that they failed to establish any independent right to use the mark for tea.Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh held that Niravi's continued use of "SAPAT" signages while selling "NIRAVI" tea was likely to cause confusion and infringed SAPAT International Private Limited's registered trademark."the consumers would enter the shops being drawn by the signages...

Kerala High Court Orders Registrar To Decide Trademark Applications Pending For Over A Decade In Three Months

The Kerala High Court has directed the Registrar of Trademarks to consider and pass orders on two trademark registration applications that have remained pending since 2012 and 2014, directing that a decision be taken within three months. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that the applications filed by Nisar Ali Pari, proprietor of Bella Bathware, had remained undisposed of despite the passage of more than a decade. "Despite the lapse of more than a decade, the applications have not been...

Delhi High Court Directs Meta To Remove Zee's Copyrighted Content From 14 Facebook Pages

The Delhi High Court has recently directed Meta Platforms Inc. to take down infringing content uploaded by operators of 14 Facebook pages carrying Zee Entertainment Enterprises' television serials and web series. The court passed the ad-interim order but declined, at this stage, to direct blocking of the Facebook accounts themselves.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the order in a suit filed by Zee against Meta and 18 other defendants. Zee sought permanent, mandatory and dynamic injunctions...

Uniqueness' Not A Statutory Test For Refusing Trademark Registration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently set aside an order refusing registration of the trademark 'OFFER' for alcoholic beverages. It held that the Registrar of Trade Marks rejected the application by applying the non-statutory test of "uniqueness" instead of examining whether the mark was distinctive in relation to the goods for which registration was sought.Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing an appeal filed by ADS Spirits, which had applied to register the mark OFFER in Class 33 for "alcoholic...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains NBFC From Using 'Zepto' And 'Zepto Finance' Marks

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained an NBFC, Naman Finlease, and its directors from using the marks 'Zepto' and 'Zepto Finance' for their lending business. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the ad-interim order in a trademark infringement suit filed by quick-commerce platform Zepto, represented by Senior Advocate Swati Sukumar. Zepto submitted that it is the registered proprietor of the word mark and device mark ZEPTO, a coined term with no descriptive meaning or connection to any...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Rejection of US Company's Patent For Pet Appetite Drug

The Madras High Court has set aside the Patent Office's rejection of Elanco US Inc.'s patent application for an oral pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic inappetence and chronic weight loss in companion animals and remanded the matter for fresh consideration.Justice K. Kumaresh Babu observed that while the Controller's order concluded that the claimed invention was substantially the same as an earlier invention, the analysis in the same order recorded that the invention differed...

Delhi High Court Restrains Havai Home Products From Using 'HAVAI' Mark in Havells Passing Off Suit

The Delhi High Court has restrained Havai Home Products Pvt. Ltd. and the proprietor of Advance Coolers from selling, marketing, advertising, or offering for sale electrical goods under the marks 'HAVAI' and its device forms. The court held that the marks are deceptively similar to Havells' registered trademarks. Justice Jyoti Singh granted the interim injunction in a suit filed by Havells India Limited. The Court found that Havells had made out a prima facie case of passing off. Havells, an...

Supreme Court Appoints Amicus Curiae In Patent Case Over Human-AI Integration Technology

The Supreme Court has appointed Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar as Amicus Curiae in a patent case over an invention that claims to enhance human capabilities by integrating them with artificial intelligence (AI), creating what its inventor describes as a "Pan-Environment Super-Cyborg."The invention, titled "Necktie Persona-Extender/Environment-integrator and method for Super-Augmenting a Persona to Manifest a Pan-Environment Super-Cyborg,"A bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice Alok...