Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Injunction Against Piracy Sites Streaming Warner Bros, Netflix Content

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex parte ad interim dynamic+ injunction restraining dozens of piracy websites from hosting or making available copyrighted films and television shows owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and other global entertainment companies. The injunction will operate until April 20, 2026. The suit was filed by Warner Bros along with other major global entertainment companies, including Netflix, Disney, Apple and Crunchyroll, seeking protection of their exclusive...

Bombay High Court Rejects Interim Injunction Sought by Sun Pharma Against “RACIRAFT” Rival “EsiRaft”

The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has refused to restrain Gujarat based-Meghmani Lifesciences Limited from using the trademark “EsiRaft” for its pharmaceutical product used to treat heartburn and indigestion. The court held that the mark is not deceptively similar to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited's “RACIRAFT.”A single bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh passed the order on December 23, 2025, while dismissing an interim injunction plea filed by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries...

Delhi High Court Cancels “ACTIVEPUSHPA” Trademark For Similarity With Ayurvedic Brand “HEMPUSHPA”

The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of the trademark “ACTIVEPUSHPA” from the Trade Marks Register, holding that the mark is deceptively similar to “HEMPUSHPA,” a decades-old ayurvedic tonic for women's health, and is likely to confuse consumers. A single-judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia, in an order dated December 24, 2025, allowed a rectification plea filed by Rajvaidya Shital Prasad and Sons, a Delhi-based manufacturer and marketer of ayurvedic medicines.The court directed...

Delhi High Court Upholds Order Rejecting Ericsson's Data Security Invention Patent

The Delhi High Court has upheld a 2019 order of the Patent Office rejecting a patent application filed by Swedish telecom major Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson for a data security invention. The court held that the claimed method did not involve an inventive step and was obvious in light of existing technology. Dismissing Ericsson's appeal, the court said there was no reason to interfere with the findings of the Patent Office. In a judgment dated December 24, 2025, a single-judge Bench of...

Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan

The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe interim order protecting the personality rights of Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Pawan Kalyan.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the defendants were using Kalyan's name, likeness, voice, and image for selling merchandise for commercial gains, without his consent, either directly or through e-commerce platforms.The Court said that such unauthorised use of his attributes by the infringing defendants, prima facie, amounts to...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Order Allowing Dr. Reddy's To Manufacture And Export Semaglutide

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk's plea for an immediate ex-parte stay on a single judge's order that allowed Dr. Reddy's Laboratories to manufacture and export Semaglutide-based formulations to countries where Novo Nordisk does not hold patent rights. A Division Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla, while hearing Novo Nordisk's application for interim relief in its appeal, noted that the single judge had not rejected Novo Nordisk's...

Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Marks Bearing Chandigarh Realty Firm's 'Elante' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of three trademarks, “Elante Residencies,” “Elante Group” and a device mark containing the word “Elante,” registered by Elante Residencies Limited after finding that Chandigarh-based CSJ Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. is the prior adopter, prior user and registered proprietor of the “Elante” mark. In a judgment dated November 27, 2025, Justice Tejas Karia allowed three rectification petitions filed by CSJ Infrastructure and held that the later...

Delhi High Court Restrains Online Stores Selling Counterfeit S Chand Books, Orders Flipkart To Remove Listings

The Delhi High Court has restrained four online bookstores from selling counterfeit versions of S Chand and Company Limited's textbooks after finding that pirated copies of the publisher's works were being sold through their storefronts on Flipkart. The Court also directed Flipkart to take down the infringing listings. A single bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction on December 8, 2025. It will remain in force until May 6, 2026. S Chand told the...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Bars Bhiwadi School From Infringing Delhi Public School's Well-Known Trademark

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a Bhiwadi, Rajasthan-based school from using the name “Delhi Public School International,” the acronym “DPS,” or a torch-and-shield logo after finding them deceptively identical to the well-known marks of the Delhi Public School Society (DPS Society). The court also ordered that the school's domain name be suspended. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the ex parte ad-interim injunction on December 8, 2025, in a trademark suit filed by the...

Delhi High Court Stays Registration Of Mark Found Similar To Dabur's Pudin Hara

The Delhi High Court has stayed the opertaion of trademark registration for “Wellford Pudin Hara,” holding that its adoption appears prima facie dishonest and likely to confuse consumers familiar with Dabur's digestive remedy “Pudin Hara". Pudin Hara is a popular mint based over-the-counter herbal product used for indigestion and stomach discomfort. The court said the impugned mark “completely subsumes” Dabur's mark for goods in the same class, creating “an irrefutable and real likelihood...

Bombay High Court Bars Use Of 'COX 5000' Mark, Says '5000' Belongs To Haywards 5000 And Imposes ₹10 Lakh Cost

The Bombay High Court has permanently restrained Madhya Pradhesh-based Jagpin Breweries Limited, a manufacturer of mass-market beer brands, from using the mark “COX 5000” or any other beer mark containing the numeral “5000”. The court held that the numeral is the “dominant, essential, and memorable feature” of the famous strong beer brand “HAYWARDS 5000”, now owned by Anheuser Busch InBev India Limited (AB InBev).A single bench of Justice Arif S Doctor also imposed costs of Rs 10 lakh on...

Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Rival From Using Trade Dress Similar To Parachute Jasmine Hair Oil

The Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained Minolta Natural Care and its associated entities from using packaging and bottle designs that the court found deceptively similar to Marico's Parachute Jasmine/ Parachite Advansed Jasmine Hair Oils. A single bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh passed the interim injunction on December 9, 2025, after Marico alleged that Minolta had copied the distinctive look and feel of its popular Parachute Jasmine range. The court agreed that the overall...