Delhi High Court Questions Merchandiser's Authority To Sell Akkineni Nagarjuna-Branded T-Shirts

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday questioned a merchandise seller's claim that it was lawfully selling Akkineni Nagarjuna-branded T-shirts, after the defendant admitted it had no direct agreement with either the actor or the production house and could not immediately produce documents establishing its claimed authority. The exchange took place before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela in veteran Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna's personality rights suit against entities allegedly using his name, image, and...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of South Korean Pharma's Patent Application, Orders Fresh Review

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Controller of Patents order refusing South Korean pharmaceutical company Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.'s patent application for a pharmaceutical compound and its manufacturing process, finding that the Controller had entirely failed to consider the process claims submitted by the applicant. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, in an order dated May 11, 2026, remanded the matter to the Patent Office for fresh consideration. The Court directed that Hanmi Pharm be given a fresh...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Patent Application For Counterfeit Product Detection System

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal against the rejection of a patent application for a counterfeit product detection system, holding that the invention failed to meet statutory disclosure requirements because the complete specification did not sufficiently explain how it would actually work. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, in a judgment delivered on May 11, held that while the invention proposed a consumer-friendly mechanism to verify genuine products using visible and hidden codes, the...

Delhi High Court Protects Select CityWalk, Bars Use of Deceptively Similar “Global CityWalk” Mark

The Delhi High Court on 8 May granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction restraining a real estate company from using the mark “Global CityWalk” for its proposed commercial project, holding that the impugned mark was deceptively similar to the registered trademarks of Select CityWalk. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, while allowing the application, restrained Garg Realtech from using the impugned mark pending adjudication of the suit. He held: “A comparison of the competing marks leaves no manner of...

Delhi High Court Restrains Electronics Retailer From Screening Films On TVs Without Copyright Society's Licence

The Delhi High Court has recently temporarily restrained an electronics retail chain from playing films from copyright society Cinefil Producers Performance Limited's repertoire at its Delhi stores without a licence.It has also directed the retailer to suspend satellite, cable, and internet-enabled transmission systems used for such screenings until it obtains a valid licence.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on May 7, 2026, in a suit filed by Cinefil Producers Performance Limited...

LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: May 3 - May 10, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court of India Upholds HC Order Allowing Grasim Additional Evidence In BIRLA Trademark RowCase Title: Saboo Tor Pvt Ltd v. Grasim Industries Ltd & Ors Case Number: Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 14099/2026 Citation: 2026 LLBiz SC 175The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court's order permitting Grasim Industries to place additional documents on record in its trademark dispute with Saboo Tor Pvt Ltd over the use of the...

Bombay High Court Restrains Circulation Of Berger Paint Ad Suggesting Asian Paints Product Was A 'Fraud'

The Bombay High Court has restrained the circulation of a Berger Paints advertisement comparing its Easy Clean product with an Asian Paints paint, after finding a prima facie case of product disparagement and flagging a meme in the clip that exclaimed “Fraud!”.Justice Arif S. Doctor held that a “clear case of disparagement” was made out. The ad-interim order was passed on May 8 in a commercial intellectual property suit filed by Asian Paints Limited against Namgial Enterprise and others,...

T-Series Tells Delhi HC That Trimurti's 1988 Assignment Lets It Use Tridev's 'Oye Oye' In Dhurandhar 2

After mediation between the parties failed on May 6, T-Series on Monday told the Delhi High Court that the 1988 assignment agreement gave it broad rights in the underlying works of the Tridev song Oye Oye, including the right to use them in another film, as it defended the use of the track as Rang De Lal in Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Senior Counsel Akhil Sibal, appearing for T-Series, continued his submissions before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela by taking the court through the 1988 assignment...

Delhi High Court Protects boAt Co-Founder Aman Gupta's Personality Rights From Online Misuse

The Delhi High Court has passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction restraining multiple entities from unauthorised use of Aman Gupta's name, voice, image, likeness, and persona, including through AI and deepfake technology. “The manner in which the defendants are exploiting his name, voice, persona, slogans, registered trade marks of the plaintiff positively assert the underlying fact of plaintiffs' personality which are exclusive to him and none else. At this stage, these qualities and the...

Bombay High Court Rejects TVS, Kalelkar Pleas To Dismiss Laser Marking Patent Suits; Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs

The Bombay High Court has refused to throw out patent infringement suits over laser marking and engraving technology filed by inventor Bharat Bhogilal Patel against TVS Electronics Limited and Kalelkar Surgicals Private Limited, holding that the dispute must go to trial. The court also imposed ₹1 lakh costs on both. “Several triable issues will arise, and thus, the question of a summary dismissal of the Suits at this stage does not arise,” Justice Arif S. Doctor said. Patel's suits relate to...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Rejection of ARS Steels' Plea To Cancel Rival TMT Bar Design Registration

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday set aside an order of the Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs rejecting ARS Steels and Alloy International Private Limited's application to cancel the registered design of a double “XX-Rib” pattern on construction rods held by Souvik Steels Private Limited. Holding the order unsustainable, the court said the Controller's finding that there was “no scope of enquiry” into similar products already being available in the market was “perverse.” Justice Ravi...

Calcutta High Court Says Vodafone Needs IPRS Licence To Use Songs As Caller Tunes

The Calcutta High Court on Friday held that Vodafone Idea Limited cannot commercially exploit the underlying musical and literary works embedded in sound recordings used for caller tunes and ringtones without obtaining permission from the Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS). IPRS is a copyright society that manages copyright licences for musical and literary works on behalf of rights holders. The court said Vodafone's arrangements with sound recording companies such as Saregama...