LiveLawBiz IPR Quarterly Digest: January - March, 2026

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict In Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh's Plea To Quash Copyright Case Over Film Kahaani 2Case Title: Sujoy Ghosh vs State of Jharkhand & Ors Case Number: SLP (Crl) 9452/2025The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment in a plea filed by filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh seeking the quashing of criminal proceedings alleging copyright infringement in connection with the film Kahaani 2, which was declined by the Jharkhand High Court. A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha...

Delhi High Court Injuncts 'HALESAGA' Mark, Finds It Similar To Saga Lifesciences' 'SAGA'

The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of Saga Lifesciences Limited, restraining Anaadi Global from using the mark 'HALESAGA / ' or any other mark deceptively similar to 'SAGA' for pharmaceutical and medicinal preparations. The court held that the rival mark is prima facie deceptively similar and likely to cause confusion. Justice Tejas Karia held that the defendants' mark incorporates the plaintiff's mark in its entirety and cannot be distinguished merely by...

Delhi High Court Restrains Intas 'Bevatas', Holds It Deceptively Similar To Sun Pharma's Cancer Drug 'Bevetex'

The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction restraining Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited from using 'BEVATAS' for its cancer drug, finding it deceptively similar to Sun Pharma's 'BEVETEX', used to treat cancers such as breast and lung cancer.Justice Tejas Karia held that the rival marks are structurally and phonetically similar and likely to confuse consumers, particularly in the context of cancer drugs used to treat different kinds of cancers, where public health concerns demand a...

Delhi High Court Injuncts 'Gainda' Cleaning Products For Copying Harpic, Colin, Lizol Trade Dress

The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining Grand Chemical Works from manufacturing and selling cleaning products under its 'Gainda' mark that deceptively resemble Reckitt's Harpic, Colin, and Lizol brands.Passing the order on March 28, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia held that the defendant's products imitate the essential features of the plaintiffs' trade dress and are likely to mislead consumers into believing they originate from the same source. “The overall comparison of...

Delhi High Court Upholds Canadian Company's Antenna Patent, Finds Rosenberger In Infringement

The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Canadian firm Communication Components Antenna Inc. in a patent infringement dispute, turning down the defendants' challenge to the validity of its patent covering split-sector antenna technology that uses asymmetrical beams. The Court also held that companies within the Rosenberger Group had infringed the invention. In a judgment delivered on March 30, 2026, Justice Prathiba M. Singh upheld the patent as valid and enforceable. The Court found that...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Refusing Patent For Harvard's Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cells

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order by the Controller General of Patents that refused a patent to Harvard College for its stem-cell-derived insulin-producing pancreatic cells used for diabetes treatment. Justice Tejas Karia held that the Patent Office committed an error by failing to consider the university's amended claims, which had significantly altered the nature of the application. Harvard had filed an appeal under Section 117 of the Patents Act against the Controller General...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of 'Pookie Baba' Aniruddhacharya Ji Maharaj

The Delhi High Court has recently granted a temporary injunction restraining the unauthorised use of the persona of spiritual preacher Aniruddhacharya Ji Maharaj (Anil Kumar Tiwari) popularly known as 'Pookie Baba', observing that the threat to his reputation was “real and present.” Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, by an order dated March 30, 2026, passed directions against various unknown defendants while also directing social media platforms Meta, X and Google to take down identified infringing...

LiveLawBiz IPR Monthly Digest: March, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Reserves Verdict In Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh's Plea To Quash Copyright Case Over Film Kahaani 2Case Title: Sujoy Ghosh vs State of Jharkhand & Ors Case Number: SLP (Crl) 9452/2025The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment in a plea filed by filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh seeking the quashing of criminal proceedings alleging copyright infringement in connection with the film Kahaani 2, which was declined by the Jharkhand High Court. A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri...

Delhi High Court Finds Mehra Brothers In Breach Of Settlement Concerning SUPERON Trademark

The Delhi High Court has found that brothers Sanjay Mehra and Sharad Mehra breached the court-recorded Terms of Settlement (family settlement) governing the “SUPERON” trademark, holding them guilty of wilful disobedience of the agreed intellectual property and territorial restrictions.The findings came on cross-contempt petitions filed by both sides, each accusing the other of violating the settlement. Consequently, it directed both of them to comply with the requirements of the...

Delhi High Court Orders Rakshit Shetty's Banner To Pay ₹25 Lakh Over Unauthorised Song Use In 'Bachelor Party'

The Delhi High Court has directed Kannada actor-director Rakshit Shetty's production house, Paramvah Studios, to deposit Rs 20 lakh as licence fee and imposed Rs 5 lakh as costs for contempt, holding that the unauthorised use of two Kannada film songs in Bachelor Party was purposeful and not trivial. A Bench of Justice Tejas Karia rejected the studio's de minimis defence, holding that “the application of the 'de minimis' or fair use standard is determined primarily by qualitative aspects rather...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Ex-Parte Interim Injunction on K.S. Oils' 'KALASH' Trademark, Notes CIRP Sale Of Company

The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an ex parte ad interim injunction that had restrained K.S. Oils Limited from using the 'KALASH' trademark and has asked the Trial Court to take a fresh call on the injunction application. This allows them to use the mark for edible oils. The ruling came on March 30, 2026, from a division bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, which found that the trial court's conclusion on a prima facie case could not be sustained....

Bombay High Court Refuses MINCO Injunction Against Sister Concern Over 13-Year Acquiescence

The Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal by Minco India Private Limited, affirming a Single Judge's decision to deny an interim injunction against Minco India Flow Elements Private Limited, a company run by the appellant's director's brother. The court found that the plaintiff had been aware of the defendant's use of the “MINCO” mark since 2012 yet chose not to act for over 13 years. That prolonged inaction, the bench held, amounted to clear acquiescence, a complete defence in a trademark...