Delhi High Court judge Jyoti Singh criticised frequent absence of Central government lawyers in patent cases, asking Chetan Sharma to address non-appearance in matters involving Controller of Patents and Designs, warning situation unacceptable.
The Delhi High Court protected Sonakshi Sinha’s personality rights, barring unauthorized use of her image, voice or likeness by platforms including AI chatbots, prohibiting merchandise sales, and directing removal of infringing links within 36 hours.
The Supreme Court of India restored contempt proceedings in the HERO trademark dispute between Hero Cycles Limited and Hero Ecotech Limited, setting aside the Patna High Court order that quashed action under Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC.
The Delhi High Court moved to protect singer Jubin Nautiyal’s personality rights but sharply questioned why celebrities avoid their local courts, asking pointedly whether Uttarakhand lacks jurisdiction or even access to platforms like Google in such legal disputes.
Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions has approached the Bombay High Court seeking urgent interim protection in a contract dispute with a production partner. The company wants the court to preserve status quo in matter until arbitration resolves the disagreement.
The Supreme Court of India addressed A. R. Rahman, highlighting Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar and “Veera Raja Veera” from Ponniyin Selvan II, claims. Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said initial performance alone does not decide authorship and requires examination.
The Delhi High Court granted interim relief to Allcargo Logistics, restraining use of the mark ‘VRS ALLCARGO’ or similar variants, holding it likely to confuse consumers and amount to trademark infringement and passing off.
Data Evolve Solutions told the Delhi High Court that KPMG conducted an “illegal visit” to its Hyderabad office and cloned the Digi Yatra app, deploying it in 28 airports despite the agreement allowing use at only four. The Court questioned whether new issues proposed by Data Evolve arise from the pleadings.
The Delhi High Court restrained “American Dream11” from using Dream11’s mark and ordered removal of all related social media pages. The Court also referred the trademark dispute to mediation scheduled for November 17.
Delhi High Court asked the Centre and WhatsApp to respond to a plea by an advocate whose account was suspended. The petitioner claimed the arbitrary suspension deprived him of access to crucial personal and professional data stored in the account.
