July 16, 2025
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Delhi High Court orders Amazon, Flipkart to delist FMCG products infringing Reliance and Jio trademarks

Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed an interim order on July 10 and restrained the alleged infringers from manufacturing, selling or advertising the products with Reliance and Jio trademarks.  The Court said that they cannot use Reliance’s artistic work because the infringing trademarks are portraying a picture that the products have been manufactured by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). “Moreover,

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Bombay HC Restrains Use of ‘SHREE RAM BANDHU’ in Trademark Dispute Over ‘RAM BANDHU’

The Bombay High Court has granted interim relief to Empire Spices and Foods Limited, restraining a local trader from using the mark ‘SHREE RAM BANDHU’ or any other deceptively similar mark, holding that the plaintiff’s registered mark ‘RAM BANDHU’ deserves protection in its entirety, even if registered as a device mark. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh, while

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Lenskart tells Delhi High Court Titan trademark use is accidental

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has disposed of a trademark infringement suit filed by Titan Company against eyewear retailer Lenskart, after the latter stated that its use of Titan’s trademarks and associated metatags was inadvertent, according to the report. Representing Lenskart, Advocate Nishchal Anand told Justice Amit Bansal that the company had no intention

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Lenskart Admits Mistake in Using Titan Trademarks in Metatags

Lenskart has admitted that using the unauthorised trademarks of Titan and Fastrack was a mistake. Titan filed a petition with the Delhi High Court, opposing both the visual representation of its trademarks and their use on Lenskart’s website’s metatags. Titan sought a permanent injunction to prevent Lenskart from using its registered trademarks, including “Titan,” “TitanEye+,”

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Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to Volvo in trademark infringement case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of Swedish automobile company Volvo, restraining Indian bus manufacturers and inter-city bus operators from using its trademark and design. In the matter titled Aktiebolaget Volvo & Ors v. Shri Ganesh Motor Body Repairs & Ors, Justice Amit Bansal observed that the defendants

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Brief customer confusion enough to prove trademark infringement: Delhi High Court

Under Armour Inc., incorporated under United States law with its registered office in Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank. The company manufactures and distributes sports apparel, footwear, and related products globally. Under Armour officially entered the Indian market in 2017 via Amazon Fashion and established its first retail store in New Delhi

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Assessment of Damages in Trademark Disputes

Rule 20 of the Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 specifies the procedure for seeking damages or an account of profits in intellectual property disputes, requiring parties to furnish a reasonable estimate of damages along with supporting documentary or oral evidence. Additionally, the Rule outlines the following factors that the Court must

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Rightmove launches ‘David and Goliath’ trademark battle against London-based agency Right Room

Rightmove has launched a “David versus Goliath” battle against a small London-based rental agency, accusing it of trademark infringement. The real estate giant, which reported over £273 million in underlying operating profits last year, sent a cease and desist letter to the owner of Right Room on February 20, claiming that the agency’s name and

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Beer Battle Lays Bare Ambiguity in ‘Stolen’ Cuban Trademark Law

Months after a law governing Cuba-confiscated trademarks was enacted to address a dispute over an iconic rum brand, a fight over a beer trademark exposed uncertainty a federal judge is being pressed to clarify. The No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act, enacted in December, bars enforcement of any trademarks of companies taken over by

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Lodha vs Lodha: Macrotech Accuses Brother of Trademark Fraud: Rediff Moneynews

Macrotech Developers accuses House of Abhinandan Lodha of using fabricated documents to misuse the ‘Lodha’ brand and trademark. The brothers are in a legal battle over the brand name. New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Realty firm Macrotech Developers Ltd on Wednesday alleged that House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) has used “fabricated documents” to misuse the

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