Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of 'MH7' Trademark For Infringement Of MH ONE TV Network's Marks

The Delhi High Court has directed the Registrar of Trade Marks to remove the “MH7” trademark from its register, ruling that it infringes upon the trademarks owned by MH ONE TV Network Private Limited.MH ONE TV Network Pvt. Ltd. (petitioner) provides broadcasting services in cable, television and radio. Its 'MH ONE' channel streams Punjabi music and entertainment shows. It has additional channels 'MH ONE SHRADDHA', a devotional channel and 'MH ONE NEWS', a 24-hour news channel with a focus on...

Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Two Businessmen From Infringing Trademark Of French Luxury Brand Louis Vuitton

The Delhi High Court has issued a permanent injunction in favour of the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton, against trademark infringement and passing off of its products bearing the 'LV' trademark by two businessmen.The plaintiff Louis Vuitton Malletier which manufactures and sells clothing, footwear, fashion accessories and cosmetics and has several trademark registrations in India, had moved a suit seeking permanent injunction against the defendant nos. 1 and 2, restraining them from...

Delhi High Court Issues Permanent Injunction Against Copyright Infringement Of 'Mirchi' And 'Radio Mirchi' Content

The Delhi High Court has issued a permanent injunction against unauthorized broadcasting and transmission of audio content owned by Entertainment Network (India) Limited, a radio broadcaster, which owns and operates FM radio stations across the country under the trademarks 'Mirchi', 'Radio Mirchi' and 'Sunday Suspense'.Entertainment Network (plaintiff), sought a permanent injunction against defendant nos. 1 to 25 for copyright infringement of its sound recordings and artistic works and the...

Reusing Another Brand's Embossed Beer Bottles To Sell One's Own Beer Product Is Trademark Infringement: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has made it clear that reusing old beer bottles, which are embossed with the brand name/ logo of another company, to sell one's own beer product- constitutes trademark infringement.A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Pranay Verma thus restrained the sale of two beer companies in old bottles of Mount Everest Breweries Ltd., which are embossed with their beer brand 'STOK' and their logo, the face of a panda. It observed,“Even though, Private...

Bombay High Court Issues Interim Injunction Against Trademark & Copyright Infringement Of 'CAMPA' Soft Drinks By “Jhampa”

The Bombay High Court has issued a temporary injunction against trademark and copyright infringement 'CAMPA' beverages, owned by Reliance Retail Ltd.Reliance (plaintiff) filed the suit against the defendants for trademark infringement, passing off and copyright infringement of the non-alcoholic Campa beverages. The mark 'CAMPA was adopted by Campa Beverages Private Ltd in 1972. Reliance stated that Campa Beverages assigned the 'CAMPA' trademark and its copyrighted and artistic works to it in...

Delhi High Court Protects Dream 11's Trademark From Unknown Entities, Awards ₹1 Lakh Cost

The Delhi High Court has restrained unknown defendants from infringing the registered trademarks of online fantasy sports league platform 'Dream11' including its domain names or content on its websites.In doing so, the court observed that the defendant had replicated the contents, colour scheme, look and feel, and the "Dream 11" trademarks from the plaintiff–Sporta Technologies Pvt Ltd's website which indicated malafide. The unknown (John Doe) defendants (defendant no.1) is the...

Telegram Informs Madras High Court That It Will Remove And Block Accounts Impersonating PhonePe

Telegram has informed the Madras High Court that it would remove any accounts impersonating PhonePe in its servers as and when a request for the same is received from Phone Pe. The submissions were made before Justice K Kumaresh Babu. The court was hearing a plea by PhonePe seeking an injunction against Telegram. Phone Pe had approached the court seeking damages of 10 Lakh and an injunction restraining Telegram and its agents from infringing PhonePe's registered trademark by...

Delhi High Court Restrains 'Rogue App' From Streaming Star's Contents

In relation to a copyright suit filed by Star Channels, the Delhi High Court has restrained a 'rogue app' and related websites from streaming, reproducing and making the contents of Star Channels available to the public.Star Channels filed the suit for a permanent injunction against King's Pro+ app and related websites (defendant no.1) for allegedly making Star's original content available for download. Star Channels owns and operates 'Disney+ Hotstar' and claims to have exclusive rights over...

Delhi High Court Awards ₹7 Lakh As Costs And Damages To 'New Balance' In Trademark Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has recently awarded Rs. 7 lakh as costs and damages to sports footwear and apparel brand “New Balance” in a trademark infringement suit filed by it against a manufacturer.Justice Mini Pushkarna decreed the suit in favour of New Balance and concluded that Pulkit Khubchandani, the defendant, had infringed the its registered trademark. Khubchandani's company, Kiran Shoe Company, was engaged in the business of manufacturing, marketing and selling footwear bearing the marks N...

Section 134(2) Of Trademarks Act Does Not Bar Applicability Of Clause XIV Of Letters Patent: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has observed that Section 134(2) of the Trademarks Act, 1999 does not bar a plaintiff from seeking leave of the Court to combine the cause of action of 'passing off' with the suit of infringement under Clause XIV of the Letters Patent.BackgroundBajaj Electricals Limited (petitioner) sought leave of the Court under Clause XIV of the Letters Patent Act to combine the cause of action of passing off with the cause of action of infringement of trademark against the respondents....

Rajasthan High Court Lifts Stay On Release Of Alia Bhatt Starrer 'Jigra' Over Trademark Dispute

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court in an interim order on Thursday (October 10) lifted a stay imposed by a commercial court, temporarily restraining the release of Alia Bhatt's starer “Jigra”, scheduled for Friday (October 11). A division bench of Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Munnuri Laxman in its interim order said, "As an ad interim measure, the effect and operation of the impugned order dated 08.10.2024 passed by learned Commercial Court No.1, Jodhpur in Civil...

Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order To Protect Trademark Of Master Capital Services, Asks Meta To Block WhatsApp Accounts Misusing Mark

The Delhi High Court has issued an ex-parte temporary injunction against unidentified individuals, restraining them from using the trademark 'Master Trust', owned by Master Capital Services Limited.The Court also directed Meta, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Department of Telecommunications to block WhatsApp accounts of groups, which are claiming association with Master Capital and asking public to invest funds. Master Capital Services Limited (plaintiff no. 1) offers...