Ahmedabad Entities Agree Before Bombay High Court To Stop Using 7 Drug Names In Sun Pharma Suit

Ahmedabad-based Nectar Life Care and Kashmik Formulations Private Limited have agreed to stop using seven names for pharmaceutical products that Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. alleged were deceptively similar to its registered trademarks “HISTAC” and “OMESEC”.Justice Madhav J. Jamdar of the Bombay High Court recorded the settlement on October 8, 2026, and accepted the parties' commitments as undertakings to the court.Sun Pharma holds registered Class 5 pharmaceutical trademarks for “HISTAC”...

Religious Significance Of 'Annapurna' Does Not Bar Trademark Protection: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that the religious significance of the name “Annapurna” does not, by itself, prevent its protection as a trademark. The court refused to vacate an interim injunction against snacks maker Annapurna Swadisht Limited.Justice A.D. Maria Clete observed, “The religious significance of a name does not, by itself, render its use as a trademark incapable of protection.” The court clarified that GEF Foods India Private Limited was seeking protection for its registered mark...

Bombay High Court Allows Colgate To Submit Six Renewed Trademark Certificates In 1996 Suit Against Anchor

The Bombay High Court has allowed Colgate-Palmolive to introduce six renewed trademark registration certificates as evidence in its 1996 infringement suit against Anchor Health and Beauty Care Private Limited, holding that the documents cannot be considered irrelevant to the dispute.Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan observed that “Colgate has paid a disproportionate price for its attorneys' failure to have tabled the six LPCs on July 10, 2019”. The court declined to impose costs on the...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Sphinx Worldbiz From Using “SHRM PRO” Mark In Trademark Suit By SHRM

The Delhi High Court has restrained Sphinx Worldbiz Ltd and a company it controls from using the “SHRM PRO” trademark for their services, granting an ex parte ad interim injunction in a trademark infringement suit filed by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Justice Vikas Mahajan observed that the use of the mark by the two companies prima facie appeared to be non-bona fide and was causing confusion, deception and a false association among the public. The court noted that...

Commercial Court Must Decide Jurisdiction Before 'Sarkari Result' Trademark Suit Amendment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a Commercial Court must decide a challenge to its subject-matter jurisdiction before considering an application to amend the plaint. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed a petition filed by I Think Apps Pvt. Ltd., which owns the “Sarkari Result” trademark, challenging the Varanasi Commercial Court's decision to hear a jurisdiction application filed by Anugya Gupta and another before taking up the company's amendment plea. “An amendment seeking to...

Supreme Court Asks P&H HC To Expedite Radico Khaitan's Challenge To Injunction On 'The Spirit Of Kashmyr' Mark

The Supreme Court on Friday requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to expedite the hearing of Radico Khaitan Ltd.'s challenge to an injunction restraining it from marketing vodka under the mark 'THE SPIRIT OF KASHMYR', amid a trademark dispute with Piccadily Agro Industries Ltd. over the competing marks 'CASHMIR' and 'CASHMERE'.The Commercial Court at Karnal, Haryana on May 29, 2025 held in favour of Piccadily Agro Industries Ltd. at this stage, dismissing Radico Khaitan Ltd.'s applications...

Delhi High Court Restrains 'Gulpy Orange' Maker From Using Bottle Similar To Coca-Cola's 'Pulpy Orange'

The Delhi High Court has restrained Chhabee Nutricos Industries LLP from using a new bottle shape for its “Gulpy Orange” drink, finding it prima facie deceptively similar to The Coca-Cola Company's “Minute Maid Pulpy Orange” bottle.Justice Vikas Mahajan observed that the bottle being used by Chhabee was “deceptively similar” to the shape of Coca-Cola's bottle after examining a comparison of the two designs.Coca-Cola alleged that Chhabee had slightly altered the bottle's shape to get around an...

Delhi High Court Orders Suspension Of Over 120 "JIO LOTTERY" Websites In Reliance Industries' Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court has ordered the suspension of 126 JIO lottery websites and restrained their operator from using Reliance Industries' JIO trademark, observing that the websites “prima facie seem to satisfy the test of rogue website”.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the ad interim order on October 7 after examining the websites and their content. The court referred to its earlier ruling in UTV Software Communication Ltd. v. 1337X.to, which laid down the test for identifying rogue...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With HC Order Restraining 'Saurashtra Aaj Tak' From Using 'Aaj Tak' Name

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order restraining a Rajkot-based Gujarati newspaper from using the name “Saurashtra Aaj Tak” in a trademark dispute with TV Today Network, which operates the news channel “Aaj Tak”.A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, after hearing the parties, declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court's July 30, 2026, order, which held TV Today Network to be the prior user of the “Aaj Tak”...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Injunction Against ACC Steel's Use Of 'ACC' Trademark

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed ACC Steel Pvt. Ltd.'s appeal against a commercial court decree restraining it from using “ACC” as a trademark or as part of its company name in the cement company's plea. A Division Bench of Justice D.K. Singh and Justice H. Shanthi Bhushan held that ACC Steel could not reduce the dispute to the fact that its steel products fall under the trademark classification for metals and metal goods, while ACC Limited's cement products are classified separately,...

Trademark Registry Cannot Refuse Renewal While Mark Remains On Register: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has directed the Trade Marks Registry to accept a renewal application for the "THOTHA" safety matches trademark, holding that the Registrar cannot turn away the registered owner of a mark that has not been removed from the register.Justice A.D. Maria Clete observed, "So long as the mark stands on the register in the petitioner's name, the Registrar cannot refuse her renewal fee. The message on the portal is not an order under the Act."R. Booma Rani runs Ayyanar Match Works...

Delhi High Court Declares “DS Group” And Logo Well-Known Trademarks

The Delhi High Court has declared the DS Group trademark and its corresponding logo as well-known trademarks. It also permanently restrained five people and entities sued over a website that allegedly offered fake distributorships of Rajnigandha, the group's popular mouth-freshener brand.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the judgment on September 25 in a suit brought by DS Intellectual Properties LLP and Dharampal Satyapal Limited, the companies that hold rights in the DS Group and...