Bombay High Court Protects Kartik Aaryan's Personality Rights, Orders Removal Of Infringing Content

The Bombay High Court has granted temporary relief to actor Kartik Aaryan, restraining identified and unidentified defendants from unauthorised use of his name, image, voice and likeness across websites, social media platforms, AI-generated content and chatbots, holding that such use prima facie violates his personality/publicity rights and right to privacy. In an order dated April 15, 2026, Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh found a prima facie case of violation of personality and publicity rights,...

Delhi High Court Corrects Error In Acharya Balkrishna's Personality Rights Order, Removes Bar On Meta, Google

The Delhi High Court on Friday corrected a procedural oversight in the personality rights suit filed by Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna, clarifying that a restraint on content creation had been inadvertently extended to digital intermediaries, including Meta and Google Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that directions in the Court's March 24 order, which were intended primarily for the main content creators, had mistakenly been applied to all defendants, including intermediaries. The earlier...

Bombay High Court Grants Relief To NSE, Orders Suspension Of Domains, Takedown of Trademark-Infringing Accounts

The Bombay High Court has recently granted ad interim relief to the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, restraining unknown persons from infringing its “NSE” trademark and directing social media intermediaries and domain name registrars to remove or disable infringing accounts, channels, and domain names. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh, in an order dated April 10, 2026, held that such a measure was necessary in public interest. “Considering the fact that an unsuspecting investor can be drawn...

Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Actor Allu Arjun's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will pass interim orders in a personality rights suit filed by Telugu actor Allu Arjun, who seeks to restrain the unauthorized use of his name, likeness, and signature for commercial gain. Presiding over the matter, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard arguments on alleged infringement of the actor's personality rights, with the case focusing on specific instances of misuse of artificial intelligence tools such as voice cloning and fake video call applications....

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Nippon Paint From Using 'INFINITY' Trademark For Paints

The Delhi High Court has recently granted an interim injunction in favour of Glossy Paints India Pvt. Ltd., restraining Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited from using the impugned mark incorporating “INFINITY” and the infinity symbol “∞”, or any mark identical or deceptively similar, holding that the rival mark is prima facie deceptively similar and likely to cause confusion in the market. In a common judgment delivered on April 10, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia also dismissed a rectification...

Madras High Court Temporarily Restrains Illegal Broadcast Of Vijay Starrer “Jana Nayagan” Movie

The Madras High Court, on Thursday (16 April), granted an interim injunction restraining internet service providers (ISPs) and cable operators from illegally streaming the “Jana Nayagan” movie, starring Actor Vijay.Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy granted the interim relief in a suit moved by the movie's producers, KVN Productions.The production company had approached the court seeking a permanent injunction restraining the ISPs and cable operators from infringing on the movie and blocking all...

Delhi High Court Refuses Ad Interim Injunction To More Than Water Against Nesco In 'My Water Box' Trademark Dispute

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to grant temporary relief to More Than Water Private Limited against Nesco finding that the company had not been able to prima facie establish substantial goodwill in its “WATERBOX” marks, a key requirement in a passing off claim. While dismissing the plea, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the plaintiff's material fell short of demonstrating continuous use or meaningful sales that could support a claim of goodwill. The court pointed out that the...

Delhi High Court Imposes ₹10 Lakh Cost On Parle In B Fizz 'For The Bold' Trademark Dispute with PepsiCo

The Delhi High Court has recently imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Parle Agro Private Limited for failing to file certificates of sales revenue every two months as directed in a trademark dispute with PepsiCo Inc., holding that while the lapse was not wilful, it constituted a “clear unambiguous and serious violation” of its order. PepsiCo had moved the court seeking action against Parle and its officers under Order XXXIX Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a provision that empowers...

Delhi High Court Denies Injunction To Golfer Gurbaaz Mann, Finds No Prima Facie Copying In IGPL Event

The Delhi High Court on 10 April, dismissed an application for an interim injunction filed by professional golfer Gurbaaz Pratap Singh Mann, refusing to restrain entities from operating the “IGPL FLASH GOLF” tournament. Justice Tejas Karia held that while Mann owns a valid copyright in the literary work describing his golf format, he failed to establish a prima facie case of unauthorized copying by the organisers of the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL). The Bench held:“...the Plaintiff has...

Bombay High Court Indicates It Will Pass Order Protecting Kartik Aaryan's Personality Rights

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday indicated that it will pass an order protecting the personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan, according to his counsel, who spoke to Live LawBiz. The relief would bein a suit alleging widespread digital misuse of his likeness through AI-generated content and unauthorised merchandise.The matter was heard by Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh. Aaryan has moved the High Court seeking a broad John Doe injunction against 16 defendants, including...

LSG Owner and Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Personality Rights Protection

Industrialist and owner of the IPL team Lucknow Super Giants, Sanjiv Goenka, has moved the Delhi High Court alleging misuse of his likeness through deepfakes and morphed content. A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was taken through multiple images and videos in which Goenka's face was allegedly superimposed to depict false incidents, including one suggesting he was “assaulting” team captain KL Rahul. Counsel for Goenka pointed to several URLs where his likeness had been used “to create an...

Delhi High Court Records Trimurti Films' Undertaking To Refrain From Making Media Statements In 'Oye Oye' Copyright Row

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday recorded an undertaking on behalf of Trimurti Films Private Limited to refrain from addressing the press or making public allegations in its ongoing copyright dispute with Aditya Dhar's B62 Studios and T-Series over the song “Oye Oye” included in the movie Dhurandhar 2, observing that such statements could derail court-ordered mediation. The undertaking was given during a hearing before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela after T-Series alleged that Trimurti's promoter,...