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May 2023
Published In: Bar And Bench | Jan 2023

Delhi High Court issues summons to Ashneer Grover in suit by BharatPe co-founder Bhavik Koladiya over company shares

Authors: Prashant Jha

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Ashneer Grover and fintech firm BharatPe on a suit by the company's co-founder Bhavik Koladiya seeking to reclaim shares he transferred to his former colleague.

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May 2023
Published In: Live Law | May 2023

BharatPe v. PhonePe: Delhi High Court Upholds Maintainability Of Letters Patent Appeal In Trade Mark Cancellation Matters

The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court, comprising Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Talwant Singh, on 18 May 2023 allowed the appeals filed by BharatPe from an order dismissing its petitions for cancellation of PhonePe’s trademark and set aside the single judge’s orders dated 11 November 2021.

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Apr 2023
Published In: Bar And Bench | Apr 2023

Party suffering injunction required to follow 'safe distance rule': Delhi High Court

Authors: Prashant Jha

The Delhi High Court has held that a party that suffers an interim injunction is required to follow the 'safe distance rule' with respect to the subject matter of that suit.

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Apr 2023
Published In: Live Law | Apr 2023

Delhi High Court Upholds Patent Infringement In Favour Of Communication Components Antenna Inc.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Ace Technologies Corp.strong> against Communication Components Antenna Inc., thereby upholding the findings of infringement in the order passed by the Single Judge.

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Mar 2023
Published In: Mid Day | Mar 2023

Clasico Brands UK Issues A Trademark Infringement Notice To Third Unicorn Pvt Ltd.

Clasico Brands is a global company having its roots in all 5 continents of the world and operates in the personal and home care category with self-owned brands as well as global license franchisees. It owns production facilities are located across Europe, Asia, Middle East & Latin America.

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Apr 2023
Published In: Bar And Bench | Apr 2023

Bombay High Court refuses interim relief to PhonePe over trademark infringement allegations against Postpe

Authors: Neha Joshi

The Bombay High Court recently rejected plea for interim relief to ‘PhonePe’ in a plea filed against Resilient Innovations, creators of ‘Postpe’ alleging trademark infringement over the word ‘Pe’. [PhonePe Private Limited v. Resilient Innovations Pvt Ltd]

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Mar 2023
Published In: Legal 500 | Mar 2023

Bhavik Koladiya Sues Ashneer Grover – Delhi HC Directs Ashneer Grover Not To Create Any Third-Party Rights On 16,110 Shares – Roughly 3.10% Of His 8.43% Shareholding

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: NDTV | Jan 2023

Court Issues Summons To Ashneer Grover Over BharatPe Co-Founder's Shares

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: BW Disrupt | Jan 2023

BharatPe Saga: 'Won't Create Third-party Interest In Shares', Ashneer Grover To Delhi HC

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: The Week | Jan 2023

Bhavik Koladiya Sues Ashneer Grover – Delhi HC Directs Ashneer Grover not to create any third-party rights on 16,110 Shares – roughly 3.10% of his 8.43% Shareholding

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Outlook Money | Jan 2023

Bhavik Koladiya Sues Ashneer Grover- Delhi HC Directs Ashneer Not To Create Any Third-party Rights On 16,110 Shares

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Outlook | Jan 2023

Bhavik Koladiya Sues Ashneer Grover – Delhi HC Directs Ashneer Grover Not To Create Any Third-Party Rights On 16,110 Shares – Roughly 3.10% Of His 8.43% Shareholding

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Mid Day | Jan 2023

Bhavik Koladiya Sues Ashneer Grover – Delhi HC Directs Ashneer Grover not to create any third-party rights on 16,110 Shares – roughly 3.10 percentage of his 8.43 percentage Shareholding

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10% shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Business World | Jan 2023

Bhavik Koladiya Sues Ashneer Grover – Delhi HC Directs Ashneer Grover Not To Create Any Third-Party Rights On 16,110 Shares – Roughly 3.10% Of His 8.43% Shareholding

In the latest development in the Ashneer Grover – BharatPe saga, ex-founder Bhavik Koladiya had filed a commercial suit in the Delhi High Court against Ashneer Grover alleging breach of the share purchase agreement dated 03 December 2018 and thus claiming title over 16110 Shares, which is approximately 3.10 per cent shareholding of BharatPe.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Bar And Bench | Jan 2023

Delhi High Court issues summons to Ashneer Grover in suit by BharatPe co-founder Bhavik Koladiya over company shares

Authors: Prashant Jha

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Ashneer Grover and fintech firm BharatPe on a suit by the company's co-founder Bhavik Koladiya seeking to reclaim shares he transferred to his former colleague.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Live Law | Jan 2023

‘Won’t Make Any Third Party Interest In Suit Shares’: Ashneer Grover To Delhi High Court In Suit By BharatPe Co Founder Bhavik Koladiya

Authors: Nupur Thapliyal

BharatPe’s Former Managing Director Ashneer Grover on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that he will not make any third party interest in 16,110 shares transferred to him by fintech company’s co-founder Bhavik Koladiya and in any rights that accrue to him as a consequence thereof, subject to further orders of the court.

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Jan 2023
Published In: Live Mint | Jan 2023

Bhavik Koladiya vs Ashneer Grover: Delhi HC issues summons to Grover

Authors: Arti Singh

The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued summons to former managing director Ashneer Grover and BharatPe as part of a lawsuit filed by founder Bhavik Koladiya seeking to reclaim shares transferred to Grover.

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May 2022
Published In: Bar And Bench | May 2022

[MakeMyTrip v Booking.com on Google Ads] Google is encashing on goodwill of trademark owners: Delhi High Court

Google Ads creates a situation where a trademark proprietor is being forced to bid for its own trademark for the advertisement of its own goods and services, the Court noted.

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Jun 2021
Published In: Live Mint | Jun 2021

PhonePe pulls BharatPe injunction plea, eyes trial

PhonePe had filed a commercial lawsuit in Delhi High Court against BharatPe, alleging violation of its trademark and claiming exclusivity on the ‘Pe’ suffix in May 2019

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May 2021
Published In: Live Mint | May 2021

Delhi HC rejects PhonePe’s plea to issue an injunction order against BharatPe

The court held that “PhonePe” and “BharatPe” are both composite marks and ordinarily, therefore, these marks cannot be dissected into “Phone” and “Pe”, in the case of the Plaintiff, and “Bharat” and “Pe”, in the case of the defendants

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May 2021
Published In: The Print | Oct 2019

PhonePe Vs BharatPe — No exclusivity on ‘Pe’, spell it right or wrong

Authors: ANIMESH KUMAR

The Delhi High Court has rejected PhonePe’s plea to issue an injunction order against BharatPe for using ‘Pe’ in its name.

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May 2021
Published In: Hindustan Times | May 2021

Delhi HC rejects PhonePe’s plea to issue an injunction order against BharatPe

Justice C. Hari Shankar held that the word “Pe” in Phonepe was nothing but a misspelling of a descriptive word “Pay” and “no exclusivity can be claimed, over a descriptive mark, or a descriptive part of the mark, even by misspelling it”.

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May 2021
Published In: Outlook | May 2021

Delhi HC Rejects PhonePe’s Plea Against BharatPe For Using 'Pe'

The Delhi High Court refused to pass an interim injunction order against "BharatPe" while holding that its mark was not in violation of the trademark held by “PhonePe”.

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Apr 2021
Published In: Bar & Bench | Apr 2021

BharatPe prima facie does not infringe PhonePe trademark: Delhi High Court declines interim relief

Authors: Aditi Singh

The Court stated that “PhonePe” and “BharatPe” were both composite marks and the plaintiff cannot claim exclusivity solely over the “Pe” suffix.

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Apr 2021
Published In: LiveLaw.in | Apr 2021

"Cannot Claim Exclusivity On 'Pe' Suffix": Delhi High Court Refuses To Grant Interim Relief ToPhonePe In Its Plea Against BharatPe

Authors: Nupur Thapliyal

The Delhi High Court recently refused to grant interim injunction to PhonePe in its plea seeking permanent injunction against BharatPe for allegedly using similar and identical suffix "Pe" in its application.

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Mar 2021
Published In: Times of India | Mar 2021

Suspend a/c for ad words bidding war: Delhi HC to Google

BENGALURU: n a significant interim ruling, the Delhi high court has directed search engine major Google to suspend an advertising account on its Ad Words programme, where companies bid for keywords to appear on top of search results.

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Mar 2021
Published In: The Hindu, Business Line | Mar 2021

Google AdWords case: Delhi HC grants interim injunction favouring MakeMyTrip

Authors: Forum Gandhi

MakeMyTrip had filed a case against travel company HappyEasyGo for infringement of brand name and trademark The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of travel company MakeMyTrip in its Google AdWords case against rival, HappyEasyGo. The court has directed Google to block/suspend the Google Ads account of HappyEasyGo.

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Mar 2021
Published In: MoneyControl | Mar 2021

MakeMyTrip- Google AdWord case | Delhi High Court issues bailable warrant against HappyEasyGo India directors

Authors: PRIYANKA SAHAY

The issue dates back to May 2018 when MakeMyTrip had filed a case against lesser known rival HappyEasyGo for infringing intellectual property rights.

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Nov 2020
Published In: Hindustan Times | Nov 2020

Basmati battle reaches Supreme Court

For over 10 years, since its inception in 2009 as a monthly, Lex Witness has become India’s most credible platform for the legal luminaries to opine, comment and share their views.(Lex Witness)

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Oct 2020
Published In: Live Mint | Oct 2020

Basmati battle reaches Supreme Court

For over 10 years, since its inception in 2009 as a monthly, Lex Witness has become India’s most credible platform for the legal luminaries to opine, comment and share their views. (Lex Witness)

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Oct 2020
Published In: IBTN9 | Oct 2020

Basmati battle reaches Supreme Court

In a significant development in India’s ensuing Basmati GI litigation, the Supreme Court of India, a 3 Judge bench headed by Hon’ble Justice Nageshwar Rao, issued a notice in the Special Leave Petitions filed by the Madhya Kshetra Basmati Growers Association Samiti (MKBGA) and the State of Madhya Pradesh.

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Oct 2020
Published In: Consumer Infoline | Oct 2020

Basmati battle reaches Supreme Court

In a significant development in India's ensuing Basmati GI litigation, the Supreme Court of India, a 3 Judge bench headed by Hon’ble Justice Nageshwar Rao, issued a notice in the Special Leave Petitions filed by the Madhya Kshetra Basmati Growers Association Samiti (MKBGA) and the State of Madhya Pradesh.

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Oct 2020
Published In: Daily Hunt | Oct 2020

Basmati battle reaches Supreme Court

In a significant development in India's ensuing Basmati GI litigation, the Supreme Court of India, a 3 Judge bench headed by Hon'ble Justice Nageshwar Rao, issued a notice in the Special Leave Petitions filed by the Madhya Kshetra Basmati Growers Association Samiti (MKBGA) and the State of Madhya Pradesh.

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Dec 2018
Published in: Lex witness | Sep 2018

Envisioning a 21st Century Firm since 1996

Interviewed With: Sangeeta Goel

The legal profession has no dearth of situations wherein family run setups have been a key overriding factor. It was indeed a delightful moment to have met Sangeeta Goel, Founding & Managing Partner, Sim And San – Attorney at Law when we learnt the power of envisioning a firm over the next century ever since its inception. Here’s an excerpt of our conversation.

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