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DAPLO v. DAPLOGIN: Delhi High Court Reaffirms Higher Protection for Pharmaceutical Marks

Delhi High Court | C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 122/2025 Decision: August 17, 2026 The article discusses rectification petition filed by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited (Dr Reddy’s) under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, seeking cancellation of Razenta Pharmaceuticals Private Limited’s (Razenta) registered trademark DAPLOGIN in Class 5. Dr. Reddy’s contended that DAPLOGIN is deceptively similar…

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Delhi High Court Restrains BECO’s #WarOnWhatsHidden Campaign

CS(COMM) 904/2026; I.A. 22515/2026 Background Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) filed a commercial suit seeking an interim injunction against Kwick Living (I) Private Limited, which operates under the BECO brand, over its multi-platform advertising campaign, #WarOnWhatsHidden. The campaign featured HUL’s Vim Dishwash Gel and Surf Excel products, their trade dress, and well-known taglines, while claiming that…

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A Prefix Is No Shield Against Confusion: Delhi High Court Protects BIOCHEM

The Delhi High Court has once again emphasised the importance of long-standing use, statutory presumptions of validity and the likelihood of confusion in pharmaceutical trademark disputes. In an appeal before the Division Bench, the Court declined to interfere with the interim injunction granted by the Single Judge in favour of Zydus Healthcare Limited and its…

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Registration Is No Shield Against Passing Off: The HAVAI–HAVELLS Decision

The dispute before the Delhi High Court concerns the alleged imitation of HAVELLS by the Defendants through their use of HAVAI on identical electrical goods. The Plaintiffs, Havells India Limited and Ors., allege that the Defendants, Havai Home Products Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., deliberately adopted a similar stylisation, device marks, colour scheme and overall trade…