TRADEMARK
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of Videos Disparaging Patanjali, Including 'Cause Cancer' Claims
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Google and Meta to take down 19 videos allegedly disparaging Patanjali and its products by claiming they "cause cancer", calling them "zeher".The court also restrained an identified uploader from publishing the impugned content further.The videos also described the company's conduct as "brutal" and "fraud". The court also restrained an identified uploader from publishing the impugned content further.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the directions while hearing...
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...
Madras High Court Restrains Three Pharma Companies From Using 'ORG-9' Trademark
The Madras High Court has granted a temporary injunction against three Haryana-based pharmaceutical companies over their use of the mark "ORG-9" after a prima facie finding that it infringes the registered trademark "ARG-9" owned by Chennai-based Nouveau Medicament Private Limited.Justice K. Kumaresh Babu passed the ad-interim order on July 27.Nouveau Medicament Private Limited, a Chennai-based pharmaceutical company, submitted that it holds registration for the trademark "ARG-9".The...
Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Order Restraining Trademark Owners From Using Own Mark, Calls It 'Grave Error'
The Gujarat High court has set aside a temporary injunction restraining the registered proprietors of the trademark "Aditya Jewellers" from using their own registered mark, ruling that the Commercial court in Rajkot committed "a grave error of law" by granting the relief. The court observed that the trial court had assessed the reliability of the appellants' evidence at the interim stage, even though "no mini trial can be conducted" while deciding an application for temporary injunction.A...
Delhi High Court Restrains Use Of 'COBEX' Mark In GlaxoSmithKline's Trademark Suit Over 'COBADEX'
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Orion Biotech Pvt. Ltd. and two other entities associated with the manufacture of a paediatric antibiotic sold under the mark 'COBEX' from using the mark. The order came in a trademark infringement suit filed by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited (GSK), which claims that 'COBEX' is deceptively similar to its registered trademark 'COBADEX', used for its multi-vitamin drug.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed that GSK had "made-out a prima...
Delhi High Court Restrains Patna Firm From Using 'Nintendo India Private Limited' Name
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a Patna-registered real estate company from using the name 'Nintendo India Private Limited' in a trademark infringement suit filed by Japanese gaming company Nintendo Co. Ltd. Justice Jyoti Singh ruled that the company's adoption of the name was "with an objective of encashing on the goodwill and reputation of the Plaintiff." The court observed that the company appeared to be trying to create the impression that it was associated with Nintendo,...
Delhi High Court Rejects Third Party's Impleadment Plea in Cipla's 'NO DARAR' Trademark Restoration Case
The Delhi High Court has dismissed applications filed by a third party seeking to be impleaded in a writ petition filed by Cipla Limited over the restoration of its 'NO DARAR' trademark. Holding that the applicant was "a rank outsider nowhere related and/or even remotely connected with the facts" of the case, the court found that it had no locus to be added as a party.Justice Saurabh Banerjee was hearing an application seeking impleadment along with a connected application seeking recall of the...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Order Reviving Kangaro's Trademark Opposition Against V-Guard
The Madras High Court has held that a trademark opponent cannot seek extra time to file evidence after missing the mandatory two-month deadline prescribed under the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Setting aside a single judge's order, the court restored the assistant registrar's decision treating Kangaro Industries' opposition to V-Guard Industries' trademark application as abandoned. "The intention of the Legislature is that the time prescribed under Rule 45 shall be strictly adhered to and unlike...
Delhi High Court Protects 'ASIAN PAINTS' Trademark, Restrains Use Of Similar 'Asia Paints' Mark
The Delhi High Court on 23 July restrained Saroj Arora and associated entities (including Asia Paints and Ashind Industries) from using the mark 'Asia Paints' in a trademark infringement and passing off suit filed by Asian Paints Limited.A Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani found that Asian Paints had established a prima facie case for interim protection. He observed:“It would appear that irreparable loss and injury would be caused to the plaintiff if the interim injunction as prayed-for is...
Delhi High Court Restrains Antex Pharma From Using Similar Marks To Nava Healthcare's HAIRFUL, UDIVIN
The Delhi High Court on 24 July restrained Antex Pharma Pvt Ltd from manufacturing or selling pharmaceutical products under marks and trade dress allegedly similar to Nava Healthcare's registered brands HAIRFUL and UDIVIN, after finding a prima facie case of trademark infringement and passing off. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order, holding that “prima facie, Defendants are infringing the registered trademarks of the Plaintiff.” Nava Healthcare, incorporated in 2006, informed the Court that...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Times Now Suit Against Network18, Sushant Sinha Over 'Desh Ki Paatshala'
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a suit filed by Bennett Coleman and Company Limited, which runs the Times Now Navbharat news channel, against Network18 Media and Investments Limited and journalist Sushant Sinha, alleging copyright and trademark infringement over the show 'Desh Ki Paatshala.'Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani declined to pass an ad-interim injunction at this stage. Observing that the defendants had entered an appearance on caveat, the court said they were entitled to...
Delhi High Court Restrains Gujarati Newspaper From Using 'Saurashtra Aaj Tak' In TV Today's Suit
The Delhi High Court has recently restrained a Gujarati newspaper from using the name 'Saurashtra Aaj Tak', holding that TV Today Network, which operates the news channel 'Aaj Tak,' is the prior user of the mark.Justice Mini Pushkarna set aside a 2012 trial court judgment that had allowed the Rajkot-based newspaper to continue using the name 'Saurashtra Aaj Tak', provided it carried a disclaimer stating it had no connection with TV Today Network's 'Aaj Tak' channel. Instead, the court granted...