Delhi High Court denies interim injunction to Sun Pharma Laboratories for its drug ‘PANTOCID’
“Balance of convenience would, clearly not justify bringing the use, by the defendants, of the PANTOPACID mark to a complete halt, at this late stage.”
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‘Polo/Ralph Lauren Co. failed to establish prima facie infringement’; Tis Hazari Court vacates interim injunction against Home Needs for use of mark ‘POLO Lifetime’
“Marks of plaintiff and defendant appear quite distinctive as except the word mark POLO there is no similarity. The defendant’s mark uses suffix ‘LIFETIME’ which is predominant whereas plaintiff’s mark uses suffix ‘Ralph Lauren’ and ‘picture of polo player’.”
‘Public interest demands easy, affordable access to anti-cancer drug’; Delhi High Court denies interim injunction to Bayer Healthcare for drug ‘Regorafenib’
Bayer healthcare LLC was selling its product of Rs. 36,995 by importing the same into India, whereas the Natco Pharma Ltd. was manufacturing the product in India and selling the same of Rs. 9,900. The injunction was refused due to the huge disparity between the prices offered by both, for a life threatening disease.
[Senthil Balaji Defamation case] Madras High Court directs YouTuber Savukku to pay Rs. 1 Lakhs to TNSLSA
Madras High Court directed Savukku to file an affidavit of undertaking, that in future he shall guard himself against violating any orders passed by any Court, or even make any comments which may impinge the majesty of the Courts.
Madras High Court refuses to grant interim injunction against Savukku from making defamatory statements against Senthil Balaji
Considering the fact that Senthil Balaji is a public person, the YouTube videos and tweets only make various allegations against him in performance of his official duties. Further, most of the statements are already available in public domain.
[Copyright Infringement] Bombay High Court refuses to grant interim injunction to Shemaroo Entertainment
Bombay High Court perused the assignment deed pertaining to the film ‘Amba’ and opined that ‘the said work’ indicates plaintiff’s failure in making out a prima facie case of only audio rights being assigned to the defendant.
Patent infringement requires copying only ‘essential features’ of suit patent; Delhi High Court refuses to grant injunction
The Delhi High Court observed that “Dichotomizing the claims and the accompanying specifications is, therefore, contrary to the most fundamental canons of patent law.”
Mediation Despite Urgent Interim Relief Sought in Intellectual Property Law Cases
by Rudrajyoti Nath Ray†
Delhi High Court initiated criminal contempt proceedings after Registrar’s (Vigilance) inquiry revealed fabricated IPAB Order was placed on record
The Delhi High Court had initiated criminal contempt proceedings against defendants in a suit after the Registrar (Vigilance)’s inquiry revealed that the defendants placed a fabricated Intellectual Property Appellate Board’s Order on record.
Madras High Court restrains several cable and internet service providers from broadcasting FIFA World Cup, 2022; Grants interim injunction in favour of Viacom 18
Madras High Court: In an application filed by Viacom 18 praying for restraining several cable and internet service providers involved
Delhi High Court grants injunction in favour of CROSSFIT gym ; Directs cost of Rs 10 Lakhs against infringers; Issues contempt notice for brazen violation of interim injunction
Delhi High Court: In a case filed by CROSSFIT gym (‘Plaintiff’) having CROSSFIT trademarks seeking permanent injunction against defendant gym using the
‘No one has right to disparage the reputation of another’; Madras High Court restrains YouTuber Savukku Sankar from making defamatory remarks against TN Minister V Senthil Balaji
Madras High Court: Krishnan Ramasamy, J. has granted interim injunction against YouTuber Savukku Sankar, restraining him from making defamatory remarks
Delhi High Court restrains Flipkart from allowing third-party sellers to ‘latch on’ to mark ‘V Tradition’; Directs to ensure ‘Latching On’ feature is disabled
Delhi High Court: Flipkart (‘defendant’) was sued by V Traditions (‘plaintiff’) for infringing its mark by allowing third party sellers to latch
Smriti Irani and her daughters are not the owners of Goa Restaurant; Delhi High Court grants ad interim injunction against Pawan Khera and others
Delhi High Court: Mini Pushkarna, J. granted ad interim injunction against Pawan Khera and others (‘defendants’) who allegedly organized a Press Conference
Interference with Government Tenders makes the State and its citizens suffer twice. Courts should refrain from staying Government tenders even in case of total arbitrariness: SC
Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of interference in matters relating to Government contracts and tenders, the bench of Hemant Gupta* and V.
Domain Name infringement | Case of identical registered domain names: Delhi HC grants interim injunction in favour of Tatas
Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., granted an interim injunction in favour of Tata Sons (P) Ltd. in a case where the
Del HC | Website publishing malicious and defamatory articles against Daniel Snyder, directed to take down such articles
Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., granted ad-interim injunction and directed the meaww.com to take down defamatory and malicious articles against Daniel Snyder.
Breaking | Ker HC refuses to stay State Government Ordinance with regard to deferment of salaries of State Govt. employees
As reported by ANI, Kerala High Court refuses to grant interim injunction on the State Government Ordinance with regard to deferment of
Cal HC | “Acquiescence” only arises out of positive acts; to be differentiated from mere silence or inaction or from inordinate delay
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of I.P. Mukerji and Md. Nizamuddin, JJ., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Single
Del HC | Interim stay on Natco Pharma’s generic drug APIGAT quashed; importance of the ‘3 elements’ while granting interim injunction in pharmaceutical patent cases stressed upon
Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Dr S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by Natco Pharma Ltd.