High Courts
Delhi High Court Upholds Injunction Against Alder Biochem Over 'BIOCHEM' Mark In Zydus' Suit
The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed an appeal by Alder Biochem Private Limited against an injunction restraining it from using 'ALDER BIOCHEM'. The court found the mark deceptively similar to Zydus Healthcare's registered 'BIOCHEM' device mark for pharmaceutical products.A Division Bench of Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Anish Dayal upheld the November 2024 order of the Single Judge. The order restrained Alder Biochem from selling, offering for sale, advertising, promoting or...
Why Can Scammers Access Meta's Copyright Strike Tool While Creators Are Denied? Delhi High Court Asks
The Delhi High Court has asked Meta to place on record its policy, guidelines, and eligibility criteria for access to its "Rights Manager" tool, questioning why the anti-plagiarism tool is not available to content creators with large followings while scammers appear to be getting access to it.Rights Manager is a Meta tool that allows content creators and rights holders to identify when their original content is copied or uploaded by another person and take action against the matching...
Delhi High Court Grants Khushi Kapoor Relief Against Unauthorised Merchandise, Obscene Content
The Delhi High Court has indicated it will order the takedown of links carrying obscene and pornographic content and links selling unauthorised merchandise bearing actor Khushi Kapoor's persona. Even as the court left the larger dispute over "fan pages" open for a later hearing, Justice Jyoti Singh confined today's relief to unauthorized merchandise sales and obscene or pornographic content.Kapoor, described in the plea as an actress and fashion icon, moved court against unknown persons,...
Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Mumbai Café Operator From Using 'MOCHA KAFFEE' Trademark
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Mumbai-based café operator Mocha Kaffee from offering, marketing or advertising its business under the “MOCHA KAFFEE” mark. The court found that the mark was deceptively similar to the registered “MOCHA” trademarks of Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.Justice Jyoti Singh granted an ex parte ad interim injunction after finding that Impresario had made out a prima facie case of trademark infringement and passing off. The court also...
Delhi High Court Restrains Rogue Websites From Using Well-Known GATI Mark For Packers, Movers Services
The Delhi High Court has restrained 36 operators of rogue websites and an unidentified person from offering packing, shifting, and relocation services under marks incorporating the well-known “GATI” or deceptively similar variants. The court also directed domain registrars, including GoDaddy, to lock and suspend the domains listed in the order within 36 hours of receiving a copy of the order. Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing an application filed by Allcargo Logistics Limited seeking an ex-parte...
Single Judge Could Not Have Relaxed Injunction Upheld By Division Bench In Dabur-Emami Case: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a single judge cannot relax an interim injunction restraining Dabur India Limited from selling its “Cool King Thanda Tel” under a trade dress found deceptively similar to Emami Limited's product after a Division Bench has already upheld the injunction in appeal.A division bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora held that Dabur's subsequent application seeking permission to dispose of its existing stock could not have been...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On YouTuber's Plea Challenging Meta's Copyright Strike Mechanism
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on an application by stock market trading content creator Saurabh Maurya challenging the manner in which his account was suspended following copyright strikes. Even as Meta informed the court that Maurya's account had been restored and the strikes against it reversed, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani issued notice on his broader challenge to the manner in which intermediaries act on copyright strikes. Maurya approached the court after his account was...
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Allegedly Disparaging Content In Actor Tabu's Personality Rights Suit
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed intermediaries to take down specified online URLs hosting content that actor Tabu alleged was defamatory, pornographic, or otherwise violative of her personality rights. The court also indicated that it would appoint an amicus curiae to examine broader issues arising in such cases.Justice Jyoti Singh, hearing the matter with Senior Advocate Swati Sukumar appearing for Tabu, considered content identified by the actor across social media platforms,...
Delhi High Court Frames Guidelines To Distinguish 'Mental Acts' From Patentable Inventions
The Delhi High Court has proposed a set of guidelines designed to help patent examiners differentiate between abstract human thought and genuine technical innovations.A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on August 4, 2026 clarified when a method should be considered a "mental act," which cannot be patented under Indian law and when it constitutes a technical implementation, that deserves protection under the Patents Act, 1970. The decision followed an appeal by T-Mobile International against the...
Bombay High Court Pulls Up Masala Maker For Only Paying 'Lip Service' To Trademark Injunction
The Bombay High Court has ruled that cosmetic changes to a trademark cannot be used to sidestep an injunction. Observing that merely paying "lip service" to a court order would undermine its purpose, Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan ruled that Abaad Masala & Co.'s revised branding failed to maintain the required "safe distance" from Sky Enterprise Private Limited's registered marks. The court observed, "Interim orders can be rendered ineffective if there is lip service to the prohibitions...
Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Order In Commercial Disparagement Suit, Says It Was 'Bereft Of Reasons'
The Karnataka High Court has set aside a commercial court's order refusing to reject a plaint in a commercial disparagement suit, observing that the order was "bereft of reasons."Justice Lalitha Kanneganti was hearing a writ petition filed by PARE Innovations Private Limited challenging an order of the Bengaluru Commercial Court dated April 15, 2026.Vox Building Products Private Limited and Vox Interior and Exterior Solutions Private Limited had filed the underlying suit seeking a permanent...