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Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Trade Marks Registrar Over Delay In Deciding MakeMyTrip's Well-Known Mark Plea
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by MakeMyTrip India Limited seeking a direction to the Registrar of Trade Marks to decide its pending application to have "MakeMyTrip" declared a well-known trademark.The petition was filed after the application remained undecided for over six years. Justice Vikas Mahajan passing the order on September 21, recorded: “Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC who is present in Court has been asked to accept notice. Let Ms. Raman seek instructions.”MakeMyTrip...
Delhi HC Dismisses Challenge To Copyright Suit Over Rajasthan Temple Made To Look Like Guruji's Bade Mandir
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to a Saket commercial court order refusing to reject a copyright and passing-off suit filed by Guruji Ka Ashram Trust over allegations that a temple-like structure in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, imitates its Bade Mandir in Delhi.P.J. Sikand, who operates the Rajasthan premises, had sought rejection of the Trust's suit at the preliminary stage. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the objections raised by Sikand required...
Actor Rakesh Bedi Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
Actor Rakesh Bedi has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.The matter was listed before Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani on Wednesday, but upon mentioning, was sent to another bench dealing with Intellectual Property Division (IPD) matters. No further details of Bedi's suit are available at this stage, and the case is expected to be taken up before the appropriate bench in due course.Bedi's move adds to a growing list of personality rights suits before the Delhi...
Madras High Court Dismisses 'Dr. WASH' Infringement Suit Over 'Dr. Bright' Soap, Says Packaging Distinct
On 21 September, the Madras High Court dismissed a trademark infringement and passing off suit filed by Ashique Exports against Koyenco Soaps and Detergents over its “Dr. Bright” washing soap, holding that the rival product's packaging was not deceptively similar to Ashique's “Dr. WASH” brand. Justice K. Kumaresh Babu also dismissed Koyenco's separate rectification petition seeking cancellation of Ashique's “Dr. WASH” trademark registration, finding that the disclaimer relied upon by Koyenco...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Copyright Registration For 'Radhey Radhey Barsane Wali Radhey'
The Delhi High Court on 8 September set aside a 2020 copyright registration for the sound recording “Radhey Radhey Barsane Wali Radhey” after finding that the Registrar had granted the registration without prior notice to a rival claimant. Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the rectification petition filed by Vipul Music Company, a proprietorship firm of Santosh Goswami, and directed fresh consideration of the respondent's application after allowing the petitioner to file objections. The Bench held: ...
Delhi High Court Restrains Gold Flake Counterfeiters After Police Seize 11.28 Lakh Cigarettes
The Delhi High Court has granted ITC Limited an ad interim injunction against a counterfeiting operation that was manufacturing fake "Gold Flake" cigarettes out of an old school building disguised as a cattle shed, after police seized goods and machinery worth an estimated ₹1.44 crore from the premises.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 16 in a suit filed by ITC against Ravi Kishor and his associates running the operation.ITC's "Gold Flake" trademark, adopted by its predecessor in...
Can State Notifications Let Civil Judges Decide Trademark Cases? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench
The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a larger bench the question of whether State notifications notifying Civil Judges (Senior Division) as Commercial Courts can override the Trade Marks Act requirement that infringement suits be instituted before a District Court.The issue arises from Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. It bars a suit seeking relief for trademark infringement from being filed before a court below the District Court having jurisdiction to try it. The question is whether...
Delhi High Court Bars Anonymous Parties From Using JCB Branding Over Alleged False Arrest Claims
The Delhi High Court on 15 September restrained anonymous parties allegedly linked to former JCB dealer Krishna Auto Riders Private Limited (KARPL) from using JCB's name, trademarks, logos and other brand identifiers in a manner suggesting an affiliation with the company. A Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh also directed Google and Meta to take down videos and Instagram reels allegedly claiming that two JCB India officers had been arrested. She observed: “The defendants are also restrained till...
LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: September 14 - September 20, 2026
BOMBAY HIGH COURTBombay High Court Rejects Baskin Robbins Licensee Graviss Foods' 'ICE CREAM ROCKS' Trademark BidCase Title: Graviss Foods Private Limited vs The Registrar of Trade Marks Case Number: COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. 20 OF 2026 AND COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION (L) NO. 10288 OF 2026 Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC(BOM)518The Bombay High Court on 16 September dismissed petitions filed by Graviss Foods, the Indian licensee of Baskin Robbins, challenging the Registrar of Trade...
Chai Sutta Bar Withdraws Plea In Supreme Court Against Injunction Over 'MAATEA' Mark In Dispute With Macha
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Chai Sutta Bar Trading Pvt Ltd to withdraw its special leave petition challenging the Delhi High Court order concerning the injunction restraining it from using the 'MAATEA' mark for tea products.On July 7, 2026, the High Court disposed of Chai Sutta Bar's appeal against the District Court order which held that MAATEA prima facie mimicked the sound and structure of MACHA held by Macha Consumer Products and conveyed the same commercial impressionThe High Court...
Madras High Court Grants GRB Dairy Foods Leave To Sue Rival Ghee Brand Over Disparaging Instagram Reel
The Madras High Court has granted GRB Dairy Foods leave to file a suit against Sri Lakshmi Industries, the company behind "NG Ghee," over an Instagram reel that GRB says makes false and disparaging statements about its GRB-brand ghee.Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi passed the order on September 17.GRB Dairy Foods manufactures and markets food products, including ghee, under the "GRB" brand, and claims to have built substantial goodwill over several decades of business. Sri Lakshmi...
Telangana High Court Upholds Injunction Against 'Namaskar Tasty Nutts' In 'Tasty Gold' Trademark Dispute
The Telangana High Court has upheld a temporary injunction restraining edible oil manufacturer Vaidehi Agro Oils from using “Namaskar Tasty Nutts”. The court found that the mark and packaging could confuse consumers into believing that the oil was linked to Sri Tulasi Industries' “Tasty Gold” brand“Most of the targeted consumers would be illiterates and semiliterates and there is every possibility that they would be easily confused to draw a distinction between the oils of the plaintiff's firm...