An advertiser cannot disparage or defame the competitor’s goods while doing comparative advertisments

I. INTRODUCTION: The High Court of Delhi vide judgment dated 26th September 2022 in the case titled “Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt. Ltd vs. Hindustan Unilever Limited [FAO(OS)(COMM) 149/2021]” passed an order of injunction against the Defendant I.E., Hindustan Unilever Limited to the restrain their advertisement on the grounds that an advertiser cannot disparage or defame…

Legal update on legal metrology (packaged commodities) (third amendment) rules, 2022

The present legal update summaries the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2022 (“Amendment”) issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution vide Notification dated 22nd August 2022. I. INTRODUCTION: Recently, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution notified the Amendment to further amend the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities)…

Looming presence of a website in a territory and access by customers is sufficient for territorial jurisdiction: delhi high court

I. INTRODUCTION The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court vide judgment dated 19th September 2022 in the case titled ‘Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. v. Hakunamatata Tata Founders & Ors.’ restrained the Respondents/Defendants (hereinafter referred to as ‘Respondents’) (registered in US and UK) from using the trademark ‘TATA’. The present appeal was filed challenging the…

Draft e-commerce (amendment) rules, 2021

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution notified and made effective the provisions of the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as ‘E-commerce Rules, 2020’) under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘COPA, 2019’) from 24th July 2020. On 21st June 2021, the Department of Consumer Affairs…