LIVING MEDIA INDIA LIMITED vs ZEE MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 21

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
TEJAS KARIA, J
LIVING MEDIA INDIA LIMITED – Appellant
Versus
ZEE MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Asheesh Jain, Senior Advocate, Mr. Shahrukh Ejaz, Ms. Musakan Sehgal
For the Respondents: Mr. Rahul Vidhani, Ms. Neha Vidhani, Mr. Dhruv Sikka, Ms. Mokshita Gautam, Mr. S. Kumar, Ms. Yashika Sehgal, Mr. Lakshay Gupta, Ms. Shreya Jain

Table of Content
1. application for injunction filed by plaintiff. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. plaintiff claims distinctiveness and popularity of 'duniyadari'. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. consideration of distinctiveness and descriptiveness of trademark. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16)
4. trademark cannot be monopolized if generic or descriptive. (Para 18 , 21 , 22 , 23)
5. prior user rights and the significance of distinctiveness. (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 29)
6. defendant can use 'duniyadari' but not deceptively similar. (Para 32 , 33 , 34 , 35)

JUDGMENT

TEJAS KARIA, JIA No.19596/2025 (u/O XXXIX Rules 1&2 CPC)

1. This is an Application filed by the Plaintiff under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”), inter alia, seeking the following prayers:

“A. Pass an order granting ex-parte ad-interim injunction in

favour of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant thereby restraining the Defendant, its employees, servants, agents, assigns, officials, etc. from infringing the Registered Trade

Marks “DUNIYADARI”/ “ ” in any manner whatsoever in relation to any goods and/or services on any platform including its website available at https://zeenews.i