Indian Trademark Law

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v. Tech Square Engineering Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Division Bench | Decided: 4 May 2026 LPA Nos. 176, 177 & 178 of 2023 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Om Prakash Shukla Background Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, a multinational automobile manufacturer of undisputed global standing incorporated under the laws of Japan

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Trademark issues in Franchise Agreements

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Trademark issues in franchise agreements occupy a peculiar and underappreciated intersection of commercial law and intellectual property law in India. A franchise relationship is, at its core, a contractual licence of intellectual property – most prominently, the franchisor’s trademark – in exchange for royalties, adherence to brand standards, and territorial exclusivity. Yet Indian practitioners and

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Industria De Diseno Textil, S.A. v. Registrar of Trade Marks & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 6th July, 2026 Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 52/2024, I.A. 33885/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND The Appellant, Industria De Diseno Textil, S.A. (“Inditex”), a company incorporated under the laws of Spain in 1963 and a conglomerate of over 400 companies, is

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ADS Spirits Pvt. Ltd. v. The Registrar of Trade Marks

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 21st July, 2026 Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 8/2026 and I.A. 3697/2026, Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND The Appellant, ADS Spirits Pvt. Ltd., incorporated in 2010 and part of the ADS Group of Companies described as a fast-growing liquor conglomerate in the

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Nadeem Majid Oomerbhoy & Anr. v. Sh. Gautam Tank & Ors.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: January 9, 2026 Case Number: CS(COMM) 361/2018, with IA Nos. 49679/2024, 34537/2024 and 32689/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia BACKGROUND The Suit was originally filed in the name of Plaintiff No. 2, acting as Court Receiver of Plaintiff No. 1 (M/s

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The Supreme Industries Limited v. Moorthi Rabeha

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction | Decided: 19 January 2026 Interim Application No. 4642 of 2025 in Commercial IP Suit No. 336 of 2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:141 Background The Supreme Industries Limited, the plaintiff, is a company that conceived and adopted the trade mark

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Right of Publicity in India – Celebrities, Sports Personalities and the Emerging Challenge of Artificial Intelligence

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The right of publicity is the legal right of an individual to control the commercial use of their identity their name, image, likeness, voice, signature and other recognizable attributes of their persona. It is a right that sits at the intersection of intellectual property law, personality rights and the law of torts and its significance

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The Safe Distance Rule in Indian Trademark Law – Infringement After an Injunction

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When a court of competent jurisdiction grants an injunction restraining a defendant from using a particular trademark, the natural expectation is that compliance is straightforward the defendant ceases the infringing use and the dispute, at least at the interlocutory stage, is resolved. In practice, however, defendants frequently do not simply stop. They modify the mark,

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Devans Modern Breweries Limited v. Cartel Bros Private Limited & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 22 June 2026 Case Number: CS(COMM) 346/2026, I.A. 9898/2026, I.A. 9911/2026 & I.A. 10797/2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Devans Modern Breweries Limited, claims to have been founded in 1961 by industrialist Shri Dewan Gian Chand and to be one of the leading manufacturers of

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