LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: May 18 - May 24, 2026

Delhi High CourtDelhi High Court Declares GSK's Calpol A Well-Known Trademark For Pharma ProductsCase Title: Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Limited v. Walter Healthcare Private Limited & Anr. Case Number: CS(COMM) 403/2025 Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 505The Delhi High Court has declared GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals' Calpol a well-known trademark for medicinal and pharmaceutical products under the Trade Marks Act. The ruling came in a suit against Walter Healthcare Private Limited, which...

Delhi Court Dismisses Producer's Copyright Suit Over Main Nashe Main Hoon, Other Films Against YouTube Channels

A Delhi commercial court has dismissed a copyright infringement suit filed by film producer Rishi Raj over alleged unauthorised streaming of films including Vairi, Kanch Ki Diwaar, Laajo, Main Nashe Main Hoon and Ankh Ka Tara. The films were allegedly streamed on YouTube channels run by Chandigarh-based Gaurav Trehan. District Judge Anil Kumar Sisodia of the Tis Hazari Courts, in a judgment delivered on May 4, held that Raj had failed to prove infringement with admissible evidence. “The mere...

Delhi Court Restrains 9 Traders From Selling Counterfeit Polo Ralph Lauren Goods, Awards ₹5 Lakh Damages

A Delhi district court has permanently restrained nine Gandhi Nagar traders from selling counterfeit Polo Ralph Lauren products and awarded ₹5 lakh in damages to The Polo/Lauren Company L.P. District Judge Arul Varma of the Saket district court, in a judgment dated May 19, 2026, granted a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from manufacturing, selling, advertising, or otherwise dealing in products bearing the plaintiff's trademarks or deceptively similar marks. The court also...

Rajasthan HC Sets Aside 10-Year-Old Decree Restricting Use Of 'METRO ENGINE' Mark, Orders Fresh Trial

The Rajasthan High Court on 19 May set aside a 2016 Trial Court judgment that had restrained Dhanvarsha Oil Mills from using the mark “METRO ENGINE” for its mustard oil products. Justice Sameer Jain held that registration of a trademark under Section 31 of the Trade Marks Act only raises a rebuttable presumption of validity and cannot, by itself, sustain a decree for infringement without a full trial on contested issues and remanded the suit for fresh adjudication on a de novo basis. He...

Delhi High Court Restrains “keiekae.store” From Using IKEA Name, Logo And Website Interface

The Delhi High Court on 20 May passed the order in a suit filed by Inter IKEA Systems BV and granted interim protection against trademark and copyright infringement. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained the registrant of the domain name “keiekae.store” from using IKEA's registered trademarks and from replicating the layout and user interface of IKEA's official website. She directed that until the next date of hearing, the defendant shall not use the IKEA name or logo in any manner, including as part...

Delhi HC Upholds Temporary Injunction Against Dabur's Cool King Thanda Tael In Dispute With Emami

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld a temporary injunction restraining Dabur India Limited from selling its 'Cool King Thanda Tael' cooling hair oil in a trade dress passing-off dispute with Emami Limited over its Navratna Oil.A Division Bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora made the ruling observing, "Our aforesaid conclusion is based on the finding that the trade dress encompassing the overall visual appearance of the product including the lay-out, colour...

Delhi High Court Orders YouTube To Remove Video Allegedly Showing Hindu Preacher Endorsing Satlok Ashram

The Delhi High Court has directed YouTube to take down a video that allegedly used morphed versions of Hindu preacher Sadhvi Deepika Bharti's original religious discourse without authorisation, while falsely portraying her as endorsing Sant Rampal Singh and Satlok Ashram Foundation. Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the order on May 18, 2026, in a suit filed by Sadhvi Deepika Bharti and Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan. The Court observed, “this Court is of the view that a prima facie case has been...

Trademark Applications Filed For 'Cockroach Janta Party' As Satirical Movement Goes Viral

Two trademark applications have been filed for “Cockroach Janta Party,” the satirical political movement born out of viral remarks by the Chief Justice of India, before the Indian trademark registry. However, the applications were not filed by Abhijeet Dipke, the former social media strategist who launched the movement. The Cockroach Janta Party was launched on May 16 as a direct satirical response to remarks made a day earlier in the Supreme Court. The controversy traces back to May 15, 2026,...

Delhi High Court Rejects Neurocentria Plea To Alter Priority Date To Overcome Missed Patent Deadlines

The Delhi High Court on 18 May dismissed the appeal filed by US-based pharmaceutical company Neurocentria Inc and upheld the October 2024 order of the Deputy Controller of Patents treating the Indian patent application as deemed withdrawn. Justice Jyoti Singh held that a patent applicant cannot seek to retrospectively disclaim its earliest priority date through a belated amendment in order to bypass mandatory statutory timelines under the Patents Act, 1970, including deadlines for national...

Calcutta High Court Refuses Interim Plea To Direct OpenAI To Show IndiaMart Links On ChatGPT

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to direct OpenAI to show IndiaMart links in ChatGPT responses, holding that the B2B platform has no prima facie legal right to demand visibility on the AI platform. Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, in an order dated May 20, dismissed IndiaMart InterMesh Ltd's application for interim relief, holding that the company had failed to establish a prima facie case and that the balance of convenience and irreparable injury also weighed against granting any...

Delhi HC Reserves Order On Raghav Chadha's Plea To Takedown Posts Alleging He 'Sold Himself For Money'

The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved orders on BJP MP Raghav Chadha's plea seeking interim relief against social media posts that allegedly portrayed him as having “sold himself for money” after his switch from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the BJP. Chadha has approached the court claiming that the posts unlawfully used his photographs and personal attributes, framing the dispute as one involving personality rights. Justice Subramonium Prasad, however, indicated prima facie reservations...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Stop Telugu Dub Release of Mohanlal's Drishyam 3

Film production company Rajkumar Theatre Pvt. Ltd. has approached the Madras High Court seeking to restrain the producers and director of Malayalam movie “Drishyam 3."When the case came up before the vacation court, Justice V Lakshminarayanan admitted the plea and issued notice to the defendants. Notices have been issued to Aashirvad Cinemas (producer of the movie), director Jeethu Joseph and Panorama Studio, which has acquired the worldwide theatrical and digital rights of the movie. The...