Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction In Author–Publisher Copyright Dispute Involving 'Petits Pas' And 'Allez-y' Series

The Delhi High Court, comprising Justice Jyoti Singh, has set aside an arbitral order refusing interim relief in a copyright dispute between authors and a publishing house, holding that the Arbitrator's decision was perverse and failed to apply settled principles governing interim injunctions in intellectual property matters.The appeal arose from a dispute between the Appellants, Preeti Bhutani and another, and the Respondents, Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd. and others, concerning...

Calcutta High Court Orders Removal Of HSIL's “A Somany Enterprise” Trademark For Non-Use

The Calcutta High Court, exercising jurisdiction through its Intellectual Property Rights Division, by an order passed by Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, has directed the removal of the registered device mark “A Somany Enterprise” from the Register of Trade Marks on the ground of non-use.The Court allowed a trademark rectification petition filed by Somany Ceramics Limited under Sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, seeking removal of the registered device mark “A Somany Enterprise”,...

Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Injunction Against Unknown Entities for Running Fraudulent Investment Schemes Using 'SUEZ' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favor of Suez International and its group companies, restraining unknown entities from using the "SUEZ" trademark to operate fraudulent investment schemes. The order, passed by Justice Tejas Karia on December 8, 2025, in CS(COMM) 1304/2025, targets a "John Doe" operation involved in trademark infringement and passing off.Factual BackgroundThe Plaintiffs have been active in the Indian water and waste-water management sector...

Cryptocurrency Blanket “Inducement” Allegations Don't Survive: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR

A recent decision of the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) is a timely reminder that cryptocurrency-linked complaints do not dilute the basic criminal law threshold. Even where a complainant alleges a high-return “crypto/token” pitch and a large number of investors, the prosecution must still show, for each accused, what they actually did that amounts to cheating or criminal breach of trust. In this case, the Court quashed the FIR against four accused because the allegations against them stayed...