Shemaroo Vs News Nation: Bombay High Court Rejects Fair Dealing & De Minimis Defence, Grants Injunction in Favour of Shemaroo
The Bombay High Court granted injunction in favour of Shemaroo in a copyright infringement suit against News Nation and restrained the latter from exploiting Shemaroo’s content in any manner whatsoever...
Delhi High Court says KHADI trademark cannot be used
The Delhi High Court recently said that defendants using logo of Charkha and trademark Khadi by Heritage cannot be condoned. The Delhi High Court further said that sale of PPE Kits, hand sanitizers, masks etc. by Khadi by Heritage using...
Kayastha Samaj members file complaint against 'Thank God' in Rajasthan
Thank God is an upcoming family entertainer film which stars Ajay Devgn, Siddharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh and is set to release in theatres on October 25. The representatives of the Kayastha Samaj have filed a police complaint against...
DELHI HC PULLS UP PRASAR BHARTI FOR INFRINGING DISH TV TRADEMARK
The Delhi High Court, on July 16, restrained Prasar Bharati from using the trademark 'Dish' of Dish TV for its Direct To Home (DTH) service.
The plaintiff had instituted this suit for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from infringing the...
Delhi HC: Use of celebrity names for art, satire permissible under right to freedom of speech.
The instant suit was filed by Digital Collectibles Pte. Ltd. (plaintiff), Dream 11’s subsidiary and a company incorporated in Singapore and carries on its business in India and worldwide under the trade name...
Father of Sushant Singh Rajput moves Delhi High Court against movies depicting late actor's personal life
Krishna Kishor Singh, father of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, filed a plea of injunction against the makers of all the movies, shows and other ventures being made on his son’s life. The movies...
India demands IPR waiver on Covid vaccine at WTO’s 12th ministerial conference
At the World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference held at New Delhi, India cautioned the developed world that any global deal on the response to the Covid-19 pandemic would be incomplete without a waiver on intellectual property...
PIL FILED IN DELHI HIGH COURT AGAINST ONLINE POKER, BETTING WEBSITES AND FANTASY GAMES
As per reports, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed by social activist and chartered accountant Avinash Mehrotra in the Delhi High Court. The petition has sought a direction from the Delhi High Court to ask...
NO STAY ON 'PANIPAT'S' RELEASE; BOMBAY HC REFUSES TO GRANT RELIEF IN A PLEA BY MARATHI AUTHOR VISHWAS PATIL AGAINST THE FILM
A Marathi author Vishwas Patil had filed a lawsuit in Bombay high court against Ashutosh Gowariker’s upcoming release ' Panipat' starring Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon in lead...
Supreme Court holds that trailers of movie are not a promise or offer in the Yash Raj’s consumer dispute over Jabra Fan
In the appeal filed by Yash Raj Films (YRF) against the order passed by National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) imposing penalty of Rs. 10,000, the Supreme Court,...
