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News & Updates • August 24, 2025 ‘Intellectual Property for a company/ creator is as critical and important as human rights for an individual,’ this guiding belief at ANAND AND ANAND has, for over a century, kept us pushing the bar. Since IP for us has never been just about protecting and enforcing IPR but…
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: The Delhi High Court has observed that the illegal use of “Burger King” trademark or collecting money under the name of the American multinational fast food restaurant chain is not permitted. Justice Prathiba M Singh ordered suspension of three domain names, two email addresses and directed…
Delhi High Court The Indian judiciary, led by the Delhi High Court, is pioneering new legal mechanisms that grant brand owners unprecedented power to combat online counterfeiting, marking a significant departure from traditional enforcement approaches used globally. The latest example came in a recent ruling favouring YMI Ghar Soaps Private Limited, where the Delhi High…
The Delhi High Court has given relief to Hero MotoCorp by stopping Urban Electric Mobility and its partners from using the names ‘DESTINY’, ‘DESTINY+’ and ‘DESTINY PRO’ for their scooters. The Court found that these names were confusingly similar to Hero’s registered trademarks. Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to subscribe! NEW DELHI:…
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that delay by a registered trademark holder in prosecuting alleged infringement is not a defence available to the Defendant, where it is evident that Defendant’s use of impugned trademark was dishonest/ fraudulent. Justice Amit Bansal observed, “Delay cannot be a defence in an action for infringement and…
The Supreme Court in its Judgment, observed that the grant of an interim injunction in trademark cases requires the Court to consider multiple interrelated factors. The Court observed thus while dismissing a Civil Appeal filed by Pernod Ricard India Private Limited which alleged trademark infringement by whiskey brand ‘London Pride’ against ‘Blenders Pride’. The two-Judge…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a Civil Appeal filed by Pernod Ricard India Private Limited which alleged trademark infringement by whiskey brand ‘London Pride’ against ‘Blenders Pride’. The Court was of the view that the consumers are likely to exercise greater care in their purchase decisions. The two-Judge Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice…
Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to subscribe! The Supreme Court refused Pernod Ricard’s plea claiming exclusive rights over the word Pride in its Blenders Pride trademark. The Court ruled that Pride is a generic term in the liquor industry and cannot be monopolised without separate registration. New Delhi: On August 14, the…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday heard India Today Group’s suit alleging that Zee Media Corporation Limited has adopted a trademark for its news show ‘Duniyadari [in Gurumukhi script (‘ਦੁਨੀਆਂਦਾਰੀ’)]which is deceptively similar to the Group’s registered trademark used for a show on its digital platform ‘The Lallantop’. After hearing both sides for about an…
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that priority of user is not a defence to an action for infringement of trademark unless the use of such mark by the defendant predates both the user as well as the registration of the asserted mark of the plaintiff. A division bench of Justices C. Hari…
