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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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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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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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Blackberry Limited v. Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 30 April 2026 C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) No. 14 of 2022 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia Background Blackberry Limited, a corporation organised and existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada, specialising in telecommunication solutions including enterprise software and Internet of Things, filed Patent Application No. 1976/DEL/2008 on 20

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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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Alkem Laboratories Limited V. Prevego Healthcare and Research Pvt. Ltd.

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High Court of Delhi | 17 January 2026 Case Number: CS(COMM) 84/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Alkem Laboratories Limited, was established in 1973 and is engaged in research and development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products in India and in international markets, with a presence in

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Online Brand Protection in the Age of Keyword Advertising – AdWords, Google Ads and Trademark Liability in India

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Every time a consumer types a brand name into a search engine, they are doing something instinctive and commercially significant: they are expressing brand preference. The search query “Hindware sanitaryware” or “MakeMyTrip flights” or “Agarwal Packers and Movers” is not a neutral information request   it is a declaration of where the consumer intends to spend

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Google LLC v. DRS Logistics Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi (Division Bench) | Decided: 10 August 2023 | FAO(OS)(COMM) 2/2022 & FAO(OS)(COMM) 22/2022 | Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan Background Google LLC, the appellant in FAO(OS)(COMM) 2/2022, owns and operates the Google Search Engine and the Google Ads Programme (formerly AdWords).

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