Delhi High Court Issues Notice To JioStar On Zee Entertainment's Contempt Plea Over Copyrighted Music

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a contempt application filed by Zee Entertainment against JioStar India, alleging continued violation of an injunction order restraining use of Zee's copyrighted music.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani cautioned JioStar against any further non-compliance with the May 2026 order in the meantime, while directing Zee to hand JioStar a specific list of works it says are still being used without authorisation, so these can be verified and taken down.The dispute...

Supreme Court Extends Dabur's Deadline To Exhaust 9,020 'Cool King Thanda Tel' Cartons Till November

The Supreme Court on Friday extended by two months the deadline for Dabur India Limited to exhaust 9,020 cartons of “Cool King Thanda Tel”, in its trademark and trade-dress dispute with Emami Limited. The deadline, originally fixed by the Delhi High Court as September 30, 2026, will now operate until November 2026, subject to the existing conditions imposed on Dabur.A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe extended the permission while refusing to interfere with the Delhi High Court...

Supreme Court Declines To Interfere With HC Order Refusing ITC Interim Relief In 'DAKSHIN' Mark Dispute

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court's order dismissing ITC Limited's appeal seeking to restrain Adyar Gate Hotels Limited from using the “DAKSHIN” trademark for its standalone Chennai restaurant.A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan dismissed ITC's Special Leave Petition, finding no reason to interfere with the Delhi High Court's order.“As the suit is at large and the impugned order is only an interim order, we do not find any reason to...

“No Perceptible Difference”: Delhi High Court Restrains Bombay Shaving Co. From Running Revised Ad In Gillette Suit

The Delhi High Court has restrained Bombay Shaving Company from running its "revised" advertisement, holding that on a first look, there is "no perceptible difference in the impact" between this version and the original ad the company had already agreed to take down.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the order while issuing notice on a contempt application filed by Gillette India, which accused the company of going back on its undertaking to the court.Senior Advocate Chander M. Lall, appearing...

Delhi High Court Restrains Restaurant From Using “Social Circle” Mark Similar To Impresario's “SOCIAL”

On 21 September, the Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction restraining a Dehradun restaurant operating as “Social Circle” from using a mark deceptively similar to Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality's “SOCIAL” trademark. A Bench comprising Justice Vikas Mahajan observed that “the mark adopted by the defendant is identical/deceptively similar to the trade mark of the plaintiff.” Impresario has operated restaurants and bars under the “SOCIAL” brand since 2012 and currently has 52...

Delhi High Court Orders Meta, WhatsApp To Block Fake 'Purplle' Franchise Seeking ₹15 Lakhs From Public

The Delhi High Court on 15 September passed an interim injunction restraining an anonymous Facebook and WhatsApp operation from impersonating beauty and personal-care platform Purplle and soliciting Rs. 15 lakh from people through a fake franchise opportunity. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order in a suit filed by Manash Lifestyle Private Limited, which owns and operates Purplle, against the unidentified operators as well as Meta, WhatsApp, Reliance Jio and Truecaller. The Bench observed that...

'There Should Be A Separate 'META Court': Delhi HC Judge Jests As Another Instagram Copyright Case Lands In Court

The Delhi High Court judge hearing a copyright dispute involving a content creator and Meta remarked in jest that “there should be a separate court, a META court, funded by META” after yet another Instagram copyright-strike dispute came up before the court.Justice A.J. Bhambhani made the oral remark while hearing Jitender Singh's suit against Meta and other defendants over copyright strikes on his Instagram account.The court declined to pass a blanket order protecting Singh from future copyright...

Drishti IAS Founder Vikas Divyakirti Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights

Vikas Divyakirti of Drishti IAS has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, The suit was listed on Thursday before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav The court directed that the matter be transferred to a coordinate bench already dealing with personality rights disputes, rather than proceeding before it.Divyakirti, the founder of Drishti IAS, a UPSC coaching institute, filed the suit through counsel who told the court that it seeks protection against three...

Delhi High Court Dismisses ITC Challenge To Philip Morris Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette Patent

The Delhi High Court has dismissed ITC's challenge to a patent held by Philip Morris for heat-not-burn tobacco technology, the kind used in devices like IQOS.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the judgment, ruling against ITC on both a writ petition and a separate appeal.Philip Morris holds a patent for a "heated aerosol generating article." This covers a cigarette-like device that heats tobacco to release vapour instead of burning it like a regular cigarette.The patent was granted in December 2021 and...

Calcutta High Court Sends ITC Trademark Suit To Mediation, Says FIR First Weakened Urgency To Claim Waiver

The Calcutta High Court has refused to dispense with pre-suit mediation for ITC Limited's proposed trademark infringement and passing off suit against SMM Tobacco Private Limited. The court found that ITC had chosen to pursue the criminal remedy first while keeping its civil remedy in abeyance, even though both remedies could have been pursued simultaneously. Justice Arindam Mukherjee on September 8 directed that the plaint be returned for being filed after completion of pre-suit mediation...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against Unauthorised Use Of Bentley Software

The Delhi High Court has passed an ad interim injunction in favour of Bentley Systems, a US-based infrastructure software provider, restraining a structural design services firm and its directors from allegedly infringing copyright in its engineering software.Justice A. J. Bhambhani passed the order on a suit filed by Bentley Systems Inc and its Indian subsidiary.The software programmes at issue in the case are RAM Concept, iTwin Analytical Synchronizer, iTwin Services Add-in, and STADD. The...

Delhi High Court Clarifies 2023 Order Restraining FabIndia Trademark Infringement Covers Social Media

The Delhi High Court on 2 September clarified that its 4 December 2023 restraint order protecting FabIndia's trademark also applies to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter/X and other social media platforms, after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) declined to enforce the order against the platforms on the ground that they were not specifically named. Justice A. J. Bhambhani passed the order in FabIndia's suit alleging infringement of its trademark,...