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Delhi High Court Restrains Pune Seller From Using "Max Volvo", "Max Volwo" Marks In Volvo's Trademark Suit
The Delhi High Court has restrained a Pune-based lubricant seller from manufacturing or selling engine oil, gear oil and other lubricants under the marks "Max Volvo" and "Max Volwo."The court held that these infringe the trademark rights of Swedish auto company Volvo. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the ad interim injunction on September 24 in a suit filed by Aktiebolaget Volvo and two other group companies, which together own and use the "VOLVO" trademark globally and in India,...
Should 20-Year Patent Term Start From Filing Or Grant Despite Delay In Grant? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a special leave petition challenging the constitutional validity of the law under which a patent's 20-year term runs from the date of filing, even where years of that term pass before the patent is granted. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe issued notice on the plea. The court had, on September 21, appointed Advocate Kruttika Vijay as amicus curiae to assist it. The petition challenges an April 22, 2025,...
'AI Tools Worse Than A Gun': Delhi HC Orders Takedown Of Content Infringing Drishti IAS Founder's Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court has ordered the takedown of fake social media profiles, deepfake endorsements, and unauthorised lecture clips using Drishti IAS founder Vikas Divya Kirti's identity. However, it left open for later arguments the question of whether videos that clip and re-caption his lectures in a way that allegedly distorts their meaning amounted to copyright or personality rights infringement.During the hearing, Justice A.J. Bhambhani raised concerns about powerful tools that can be used...
LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: September 21 - September 27, 2026
SUPREME COURTCan State Notifications Let Civil Judges Decide Trademark Cases? Supreme Court Refers To Larger BenchCase Title: I.S.D.S. Private Limited & Anr. v. M/s Khemka Food Products Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. Case Number: Special Leave Petition (C) No.6793 of 2026Citation: 2026 LLBiz SC 313The Supreme Court referred to a larger bench the question of whether State notifications designating Civil Judges (Senior Division) as Commercial Courts can override Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999,...
Delhi High Court Modifies Google, Meta Takedown Directions In Aniruddha Bapu Personality Rights Case
The Delhi High Court has modified its earlier directions to Google, Meta, and X for removing infringing content relating to spiritual leader Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi, limiting mandatory takedowns of newly identified content to material that is “identical” to the content already covered by its February 24 order. For content that is merely "similar," the platforms are required to remove it only if it violates their respective content policies.The court had earlier directed removal of both...
Delhi High Court Restrains 70 Businesses From Using Agarwal Packers & Movers Trademark
The Delhi High Court has restrained 70 defendants from using the “AGARWAL PACKERS & MOVERS” trademark or deceptively or confusingly similar marks, including through Google Search and Google Business Profile listings, after Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd alleged that third parties were using its name and identity in business listings.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav found a prima facie case that such listings could confuse people looking for packing, moving or relocation services. The court...
Delhi HC Temporarily Restrains Melody Healthcare From Selling Ruxolitinib Products In Incyte Patent Case
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Melody Healthcare Private Limited from using, manufacturing, stockpiling, importing, selling, offering for sale or supply, or exporting pharmaceutical drug products containing Ruxolitinib.The restraint applies where such conduct amounts to infringement of Incyte Holdings Corporation's patent. Justice Vikas Mahajan held that the plaintiffs had made out a prima facie case for an ex parte ad interim injunction. He observed, “The balance of...
Delhi High Court To Hear Vivek Oberoi, Janhvi Kapoor, Aaradhya Bachchan Personality Rights Suits Together
The Delhi High Court has decided to hear the personality rights suits filed by actors Vivek Oberoi, Janhvi Kapoor and Aaradhya Bachchan together, as they raise recurring questions on the scope and limits of personality rights. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said he would first hear these three matters as a batch and use the legal principles emerging from them to deal with the other pending personality rights suits separately. The court is dealing with a growing number of such suits filed by...
Gujarat High Court Quashes FIR Over Cable Operators, Says Spillover Beyond Area Is Regulatory Dispute
The Gujarat High Court on 24 September quashed an FIR against cable operators accused of transmitting Zee and Turner pay channels beyond their licensed area, holding that the dispute concerned regulatory and commercial conditions rather than criminal copyright infringement. Justice P. M. Raval held that transmitting cable signals across regulatory boundaries created under administrative and telecom regulations did not, by itself, constitute a criminal offence under the Copyright Act, 1957. The...
Centre Can Use Power Under Patents Act To Make Exorbitantly Priced Drugs Affordable: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Monday held that Section 100 of the Patents Act permits the Central Government to use a patent to manufacture a medicine and sell it to a needy patient on a non-commercial basis. It further held that the provision is required to be invoked where a patented medicine is being sold at an exorbitant price.“The provisions of Section 100 impose no restriction on who the purchaser could be,” Justice Harisankar V. Menon held. “When that be so, the provisions under Section 100...
Delhi High Court Restrains Doora Express Services' Former General Manager From Using 'DURA' Mark
The Delhi High Court has restrained a former General Manager and his logistics company from using “DURA” for logistics and transportation services. The court found prima facie merit in Doora Express Services' claim that the mark is similar to its registered “DOORA” trademarks.Justice A.J. Bhambhani passed the order in a suit filed by Doora Express Services against Dura Logistics India and its director.Doora Express Services is the registered proprietor of the trademarks "DOORA," "DOORA EXPRESS...
Delhi High Court Finds 'Herbawish' Deceptively Similar To Herbalife, Temporarily Restrains Use
The Delhi High Court on 15 September temporarily restrained Ashish Kumar and his company from using “Herbawish” and “Herbawish Nutrition”, along with a similar three-leaf logo and trade dress, in a trademark infringement suit filed by Herbalife International. A Bench comprising Justice Jyoti Singh held that “the deception is enhanced owing to common prefix 'Herba.'” Herbalife told the Court that, besides the word marks “Herbalife” and “Herbalife Nutrition”, it owns registrations for a...