TRADEMARK
Delhi HC Orders Restoration Of Kamdhenu Idol Listings On Amazon, Restrains Repeated Takedown Complaints
The Delhi High Court recently (May 5) directed Amazon to reinstate certain deactivated listings of silver-plated Kamdhenu cow idols and restrained a rival seller operating under the brand name 'Svastika' from issuing further marketplace complaints alleging copyright or other intellectual property infringement against those products. Justice Tejas Karia passed the ex-parte ad-interim order in a suit filed by Avaia Ventures Private Limited and Dev Aastha Impex against Wildship Enterprises Private...
Delhi Court Dismisses Louis Vuitton Trademark Infringement Suit Against Karol Bagh Traders
A Delhi court has recently dismissed a trademark infringement suit filed by French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton Malletier against two Karol Bagh traders over the alleged use of the company's trademarks on goods sold by them. District Judge Prabh Deep Kaur of the Saket District Court passed the judgment on May 8, 2026, dismissing the suit against Manjeet Singh of Dashmesh Footwear and Kapil Kumar of Gaffar Market. “Mere existence of plaintiff's trademark registrations does not...
Delhi Court Grants Relaxo Permanent Injunction After Manufacturer Undertakes Not To Use Its Trademarks
A Delhi commercial court on May 15, 2026, passed a decree of permanent injunction in favour of Relaxo Footwears Limited against a Nangloi-based footwear manufacturer after he undertook before the court that he had shut down his manufacturing unit and would not use Relaxo's trademarks, including 'Sparx', 'Flite', 'Bahamas' and 'Kids Fun', or any identical, confusingly similar or deceptively similar trademarks in future. District Judge Preeti Agrawal Gupta observed that the defendant's statement...
Madras High Court Grants ITC Interim Injunction Over Alleged Infringement Of Classmate Trademark
The Madras High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of ITC Limited. The injunction restrains traders from manufacturing, selling, marketing or otherwise dealing in products bearing the mark "CLASSMAN" or any mark alleged to be identical or deceptively similar to ITC's registered trademark "CLASSMATE", pending disposal of the suit.Justice N. Senthilkumar passed the order on May 13 in seven applications filed by ITC. The applications sought reliefs relating to trademark infringement,...
Delhi HC Temporarily Restrains Use Of 'Schezwan Dipping Chutney' Mark In Ching's Secret Trademark Suit
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Kishan Rameshbhai Kaswala, trading as K3 Masala, from dealing in products under the marks 'Schezwan Chutney' and 'Schezwan Dipping Chutney' in a trademark infringement suit filed by Capital Foods Private Limited, the maker of Ching's Secret products. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction order on May 22 after observing that the defendant's products were deceptively similar to the plaintiff's registered trademark and...
Calcutta High Court Refuses Interim Injunction Against 'ON & ON' In ONN's Trademark Suit
The Calcutta High Court recently dismissed an appeal by Biswanath Hosiery Mills Limited, which uses the registered 'ONN' mark for its hosiery products, seeking a trademark injunction against Anila Kedia, who was using the mark 'ON & ON'. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi upheld the Commercial Court at Rajarhat's December 23, 2025 order refusing interim injunction to the appellant. Biswanath Hosiery, a manufacturer and seller of hosiery products, had...
Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Use Of 'Kranti Kamat' Mark In Kamats Worldwide Trademark Suit
The Bombay High Court on May 13, 2026, granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in a trademark infringement suit filed by Kamats Worldwide Food Services Private Limited. It restrained Musa Bhai Nadaf, who runs a restaurant under the mark 'Kranti Kamat', from using the mark 'Kranti Kamat', any other mark containing the word 'Kamat', or any mark identical or similar to 'KAMATS'. Justice Advait M. Sethna, sitting in vacation court, passed the order after finding that the plaintiff had established...
Supreme Court Declines To Entertain Western Digital Challenge Over Refurbished Hard Drive Sales
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 27 May declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court ruling permitting the sale of refurbished hard disk drives bearing Western Digital's trademarks, holding that removal of the original marks before resale does not amount to trademark “use” under Section 29 of the Trade Marks Act. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the Special Leave Petition challenging the Delhi High Court's 9 March 2026 judgment. The dispute arose from hard disk...
Saket Court Rejects Jagran Prakashan's Trademark Claim Over “JAGRAN”, Imposes ₹10 Lakh Costs
The Saket District Court at New Delhi, on 25 May dismissed Jagran Prakashan Limited's trademark infringement and passed off suit against agricultural magazine Krishi Jagran, holding that a proprietor cannot monopolise a commonly used word through trademark registration when another party has established prior and continuous use. District Judge Arul Varma vacated the injunction order dated 29 September 2020, and imposed costs of Rs. 10 lakhs on Jagran Prakashan for dragging the defendants into...
Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Relief To Vajiram & Ravi, Slams It For Delaying Main Trademark Suit
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim relief to civil services coaching institute Vajiram & Ravi in its trademark dispute with rival Vajirao & Reddy, while warning that the suit could face dismissal if the plaintiff fails to prosecute the trial. A division bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the judgment on Tuesday while dismissing Vajiram & Ravi's appeal against a September 2023 single judge order refusing an interim...
Urban Company Agrees Before Delhi High Court To Edit One Of Ads Allegedly Disparaging Kent RO Products
Urban Company (UC), maker of the Native RO water purifier, agreed before the Delhi High Court on Tuesday to edit one of three advertisements that Kent RO Systems alleged were disparaging its products, without agreeing to take it down entirely.The matter was heard by Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, with Senior Advocate Amit Sibal appearing for Urban Company and counsel for Kent RO walking the court through the three advertisements frame by frame. The Court, however, did not pass any takedown...
Delhi High Court Restrains Named, Unknown Parties From Using SKF Trademark For Bearings, Freezes Bank Accounts
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained five known entities and several unknown entities from using Swedish bearing manufacturer AB SKF's registered “SKF” trademark after finding a prima facie case that they were allegedly dealing in counterfeit bearings, while also directing Kotak Mahindra Bank to freeze three bank accounts linked to some of them. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the entities appeared to be making “unlawful financial gains” at AB SKF's expense. “It appears that...