HIGH COURT JULY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Balasore Student self-immolation; Fake Arya Samaj Societies; Nutella’s Trade Mark; Rajasthan School Ceiling Collapse; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Google India
Google Play not a payment aggregator; Calcutta High Court dismiss Hoichoi’s plea against Google Play Store delisting
The extracts of the relevant web-pages furnished by the Hoichoi, the petitioners, themselves go on to show that the Google Play platform merely offers different payment methods but does not itself Act as a PA.
Google’s use of trade marks as keywords for display of advertisements, amounts to ‘use’ under Section 29(6) of Trade Marks Act, 1999: Delhi High Court
“There is nothing illegal in seeking out internet users as targets for advertisements that they may find relevant. In brick-and-mortar world, there will be no question of infringement if customers looking for a product are also offered products of rival competitors”.