Bulletin 22 | Feb 2025 Snapshots KERELA HIGH COURT SREEKUMAR AV V. STATE OF KERALA & ANR Granting bail to Sreekumar A.V., Senior Deputy Editor at DC Books, the Kerala High Court reiterated that grant of bail is the rule and refusal is…

Bulletin 21 | Jan 2025 Snapshots MADRAS HIGH COURT LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. V. RPD WORKSTATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED. While upholding Lenovo’s appeal under Section 57 of the Trademarks Act, 1999, the Madras High Court ordered the removal of RPD Workstation’s trademark “THINBOOK” in Class…

Bulletin 20 | Dec 2024 Snapshots PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT ARUN KUMAR VS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER The Court allowed a petition under S. 482 CrPC and quashed criminal proceedings under S. 63 and 65 of the Copyright Act, 1957, and S. 103…

Bulletin 19 | Nov 2024 Snapshots TELECOM DISPUTES SETTLEMENT & APPELLANT TRIBUNAL STAR INDIA PVT. LTD. V. THAMIZHAGA CA BLE TV COMMUNICATION LTD. In a petition filed before the TDSAT, it was alleged that the Respondent arbitrarily migrated subscribers from existing bouquet of channels which…

Bulletin 16 | Aug 2024 Snapshots DELHI HIGH COURT SAREGAMA INDIA LTD. VS. EMAMI LTD. Saregama Ltd. filed a suit seeking to restrain the Defendant from using the musical and literary works of the song “Udi Jab Jab Zulfein” from the movie “Naya Daur” for…

Bulletin 15 | July 2024 Snapshots DELHI HIGH COURT RAJAT SHARMA V. X CORP. & ORS. The Plaintiff filed a suit for defamation seeking an ex-parte injunction against political figures who claimed he used abusive language on air, and take-down of such defamatory posts as well as…

Bulletin 14 | June 2024 Snapshots DELHI HIGH COURT BEIERSDORF AG V. HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED The Defendant’s in-mall marketing campaign for its ‘Ponds Superlight Gel’ being carried out by its sales representatives, who would apply cream from a ‘blue tub’ (identical to Plaintiff’s ‘NIVEA Crème’…

Bulletin 13 | May 2024 Snapshots BOMBAY HIGH COURT DAIWA PHARMACEUTICALS CO. LTD. V. DAIWA PHARMACEUTICALS PVT. LTD. & ORS. The High Court held the Defendant liable for passing off in a suit filed for the protection of the well- known ‘Daiwa’ trademarks of the…