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In a recent judgement, the Delhi High Court dismissed an application under Order XXXIX, Rule 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (“CPC”) seeking an interim injunction in a suit for permanent injunction filed by ANI Media (“ANI”) against OpenAI OPCO LLC (“Open AI”).  ANI sought to restrain OpenAI from the unauthorized storage…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon In a recent judgment dated 29th May 2026, the Patiala House District Court convicted the Accused (Company and Director), for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“NI Act”). The decision reaffirms the statutory presumptions under Sections 118 and 139 of the NI Act and…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon Delhi High Court | Division Bench | Pronounced: 1 July 2025 Background An appeal was filed by Amazon Technologies Inc. before the Delhi High Court Division Bench challenging an ex parte money decree of ₹336 crore passed by a Single Judge. The dispute related to the alleged unauthorised…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon Star India Pvt. Ltd. v. IPTV Smarter Pro & Ors., CS(COMM) 108/2025, decision by the HMJ Saurabh Banerjee, Delhi High Court Key-Facts A suit was filed by Star India Pvt. Ltd. (‘the Plaintiff’) in February 2025 seeking a permanent injunction against rogue mobile applications and their associated domains/…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon IndiaMART Intermesh Ltd. v. Puma SE, 2025: DHC:4819-DB, decision by the Hon’ble Division Bench (“DB”), Delhi High Court Key-Facts Dispute related to the infringement of “PUMA” trademark by being used in IndiaMART’s drop-down menu. Initially, the Ld. Single Judge (“SJ”) held that the provisioning of PUMA as one…