Bombay High Court Upholds Interim Injunction On Use Of New Indian Express Mark Outside Southern States

The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld an interim injunction restraining Express Publications (Madurai) Pvt. Ltd., publisher of 'The New Indian Express,' from using the "New Indian Express" name for events, programs, or business activities outside the five southern states and Union Territories specified in a 1995 Memorandum of Settlement (MoS). The court dismissed the company's appeal against a November 2025 order passed by a Single Judge. A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and...

Delhi HC Grants Temporary Injunction Against 'Milan's Kreamy Toffee' In Amber Nutrition Trademark Dispute

The Delhi High Court has recently granted a temporary restraint on the sale and marketing of confectionery products under the names "Milan's Kreamy Toffee" and "Milan's Kreami Toffee", finding them deceptively similar to Amber Nutrition Private Limited's "Amber Kream Toffee" products. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on May 29. The court held that the products infringed Amber Nutrition's trademark, trade dress and copyrighted artistic work associated with its "Amber Kream Toffee"...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Medical Device Firms From Using 'MOTHERSON' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has granted temporary relief to auto components manufacturer Motherson, restraining Motherson Industries Private Limited and another entity described as its sister concern from using the "MOTHERSON" mark and device mark pending further proceedings in a trademark infringement suit. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on May 29, 2026, after holding that Motherson had made out a prima facie case for protection of its trademark rights. Observing that the word...

Similarity With 'Excel' Alone Not Bad Faith; Delhi HC Sets Aside Award Transferring 'exceltotally.in' To Microsoft

The Delhi High Court has set aside an arbitral award that directed the transfer of the domain name "exceltotally.in" to Microsoft Corporation. The Court held that confusing similarity with Microsoft's "EXCEL" trademark, by itself, was not enough to establish bad faith under the .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP). Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar observed that the arbitrator had not independently examined whether the registrants intentionally sought to deceive users, exploit...

Delhi High Court Grants Ex Parte Injunction Against Clone Websites Impersonating Signature Global

The Delhi High Court on 29 May granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of real estate developer Signature Global (India) Limited and restrained the operators of multiple clone websites and social media accounts from impersonating the company and defrauding homebuyers. A Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh held: “Having heard learned counsel for the Plaintiff and upon perusal of the documents, I am of the view that Plaintiff has made out a prima facie case for grant of ex parte ad interim...

'Bare Possibility Of Confusion' Enough In Pharma Marks: Bombay High Court Restrains Use Of 'ACIPROX'

The Bombay High Court has granted an interim injunction in favor of Alkem Laboratories. It has restrained Numen Pharma Private Limited from manufacturing, selling, or marketing pharmaceutical products under the trademark 'ACIPROX', holding it to be phonetically similar to Alkem's registered mark 'ALCIPRO'. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh, on June 8, 2026, made absolute the interim application filed by Alkem. The court observed that the company had made out a prima facie case for both trademark...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Lift Injunction Against KS Agro's Rice Packaging Over Similarity To Zarda King

The Delhi High Court has refused to lift an interim injunction restraining KS Agro Impex from selling Golden Sella Basmati Rice in packaging alleged to imitate GRM Foodkraft's 'Zarda King' trade dress. The court held that KS Agro's packaging was deceptively similar to GRM's. It further held that GRM had established a prima facie case of passing off and copyright infringement. Justice Jyoti Singh observed that a comparison of the rival packaging revealed striking similarities. The court found...

Delhi High Court Finds 'Konaflex' Deceptively Similar To 'Koanaflex', Grants Injunction To PVC Pipe Maker

The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining a Jaunpur-based manufacturer of water storage tanks from using the mark "Konaflex" on its products, finding it deceptively similar to the "Koanaflex" mark and logo used by Modern Pipe Industries. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on May 29 while rejecting the defendant's objection to the Delhi High Court's territorial jurisdiction and restraining further use of the impugned mark pending the suit. "Except for the first...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Social Media Posts Alleging Amul Supplies Cow Meat

The Delhi High Court has ordered the takedown of social media posts claiming that Amul supplies cow meat, holding that the content was prima facie disparaging and appeared designed to provoke public sentiment against the dairy cooperative. Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the posts and videos demonstrated a deliberate attempt to associate the AMUL brand with cow meat and inflame public sentiment. “The narrative and the posts are prima facie disparaging and demonstrate a deliberate attempt to...

Supreme Court Permits Sale Of ₹40 Crore ELITO Battery Inventory, Partly Modifies Exide Trade Dress Injunction

The Supreme Court has partly modified a Calcutta High Court injunction granted in favor of Exide Industries Ltd in its trade dress dispute with Amara Raja Energy and Mobility Ltd., allowing the sale of ELITO-branded batteries already lying with distributors, franchisees, and retailers. The injunction granted by a single judge bench had been upheld by a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on April 2, 2026. The Supreme Court also directed destruction of unused cartons bearing the impugned...

Bombay HC Makes Absolute Injunction Against 'Utsaha' Tea, Finds Packaging Prima Facie Copy Of 'Umang' Label

The Bombay High Court has confirmed an interim injunction against the makers of "Utsaha" tea, holding that the product's packaging prima facie infringes the copyright and trade dress of the "Umang" tea label. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh, by an order dated June 8, made absolute an ad-interim order passed on June 14, 2024 in a suit filed by Anil Srichand Kundnani, proprietor of Bhagyalaxmi Tea Centre, against Pruthvi Ishwar Patel, proprietor of Maa Bahucharaji Sales."It is therefore not a case...

Delhi High Court Rules Intas' BEVATAS Does Not Infringe Sun Pharma's BEVETEX Trademark

The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Intas Pharmaceuticals, setting aside a permanent injunction that had restrained the company from using its trademark 'BEVATAS' for its anti-cancer drug. A Division Bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora held that Intas' mark 'BEVATAS' does not infringe Sun Pharma Laboratories' registered trademark 'BEVETEX', allowed the appeal and dismissed Sun Pharma's suit. The dispute dates back to December 2017, when Sun Pharma...