Delhi High Court Quashes Unreasoned Patent Refusal To AbbVie, Flags Inconsistent Maintainability Findings

The Delhi High Court on 29 April set aside an order of the Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs refusing a patent application filed by Abbvie Ireland Unlimited Company, holding that refusal orders must be reasoned and that divisional applications cannot be rejected on inconsistent maintainability grounds without proper analysis of the record. Justice Jyoti Singh quashed the order and remanded the matter for fresh consideration. She observed: “Refusing a patent application is a serious...

Copyright Registration Cannot Be Granted Automatically If No Objection Is Filed: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that copyright registration cannot be granted merely because no objection is received within the statutory period, holding that the Registrar of Copyright must independently verify the correctness of the application before granting registration. Interpreting the Registrar's obligations under the Copyright Rules in cases where no objection is received to a registration application, Justice Arindam Mukherjee observed, “On a conjoint reading of the...

Delhi High Court Says Regoshin Healthcare's Online Presence Sufficient To Let Trademark Suit Proceed In Delhi

The Delhi High Court has recently refused to return a trademark infringement and passing off suit filed by Amritsar-based businessman Ravinder Singh against Regoshin Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and others. Singh has alleged infringement of his registered 'ROYAL' and 'ROYU' trademarks through the use of allegedly deceptively similar marks for pharmaceutical and allied products. Justice Jyoti Singh held that, at the threshold stage, the court was required to proceed on the basis that the averments in...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of JFE Steel's Patent For Electrical Steel Sheet Manufacturing Method

The Delhi High Court has set aside a patent rejection order passed against JFE Steel Corporation. It held that the Controller of Patents should ordinarily not reject a patent application on a single technical ground while leaving other objections undecided, as such an approach could unfairly consume the limited 20-year patent term through repeated remands and appeals. A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that patent applications must be considered as a whole. It said the Controller...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Royalty Order Against DVD Makers Over Philips' DVD Decoding Patent

The Delhi High Court has set aside a 2018 decree that had directed two DVD player makers to pay royalty to Dutch electronics company Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV for alleged infringement of its DVD decoding technology patent while also quashing punitive damages awarded against one of them.A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla allowed appeals by K.K. Bansal of Bhagirathi Electronics and his son Rajesh Bansal of Mangalam Technology, holding that Philips...

Delhi High Court Restrains Unauthorised Use Of 'Bachpan Ka Pyar' Hook Line, Seeks Revenue Details From YouTubers

The Delhi High Court has granted temporary relief to Ivy Entertainment Private Limited in its copyright suit over the song Bachpan Ka Pyar and its hook line “jaane meri janeman bachpan ka pyar bhool nahi jaana re”. The court restrained certain YouTube channel operators and unidentified infringers from using it without authorisation, and directed three named channel operators to disclose revenue earned from exploiting the song. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex parte ad-interim order on...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Pirated Copies Of Sanjay Dutt-Starrer Aakhri Sawal

A day after its theatrical release, the Delhi High Court protected the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Aakhri Sawal from online piracy, directing Google and Telegram to take down infringing content within 72 hours and granting a dynamic+ injunction to tackle newly discovered infringing links during the pendency of the suit. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex parte ad interim order on May 16, 2026, on a suit filed by Nikhil Nanda Motion Pictures LLP, the film's production house, after it alleged that...

Delhi High Court Declares GSK's Calpol A Well-Known Trademark For Pharma Products

The Delhi High Court has declared GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals' Calpol a well-known trademark for medicinal and pharmaceutical products under the Trade Marks Act. The ruling came in a suit against Walter Healthcare Private Limited, which had marketed pharmaceutical products under the mark 'Walpol', a near-identical mark differing from Calpol only in the replacement of the first letter. Justice Jyoti Singh delivered the oral judgment on May 15, 2026. During the pendency of the suit, Walter...

Delhi High Court Restrains Use Of Protex, Protrilex Marks In Danone's Protinex Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court has decreed Danone's trademark infringement suit against Rockwell Pharmaceuticals, Deepali Enterprises, Vikas Nutrisciences Private Limited, Ankit Arora, and Deepak Arora, holding that their use of the marks 'Protex' and 'Protrilex' for nutritional products infringed Danone's registered 'Protinex' trademark. Justice Tejas Karia, by a judgment dated May 8, 2026, allowed Danone's plea for a summary ruling, holding that the five parties had no real prospect of successfully...

Patna HC Quashes FIR Against Prashant Kishor Over Alleged Theft Of INC's 2020 Bihar Campaign Intellectual Property

The Patna High Court has quashed an FIR against political strategist Prashant Kishor in a case over allegations that he used campaign materials claimed as intellectual property by Shashwat Gautam, a data analytics professional associated with the Indian National Congress.The court held that criminal law cannot be invoked merely by invoking the phrase “intellectual property” where the allegations do not disclose any offense. The bench further found that the material claimed by Gautam was...

Delhi High Court Restrains Sale Of Crompton's Grace Ceiling Fans In Orient Design Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted an interim injunction in favour of Orient Electric Limited, restraining Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited from dealing in its 'Grace' series of ceiling fans after finding a prima facie case of infringement of Orient's registered ceiling fan design. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, after physically examining both the rival products in court, held that the visual similarity between the two fans was “unmistakable” and noted that Crompton had nowhere...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Halt OTT Release Of Dhurandhar 2 Over Disputed 'Oye Oye' Song

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to halt the OTT release of Dhurandhar: The Revenge in a copyright dispute over the alleged unauthorised use of Trimurti Films' iconic Oye Oye song (Tirchi Topiwale) from Tridev. The court cited Trimurti Films' “eerie silence and complete apathetic inaction” after it objected to the use of its songs in Azhar in 2016, along with its suppression of material facts, to deny interim relief. Rejecting Trimurti's attempt to restrain only the OTT release while...