The Hindi Film Industry has been continuously witnessing,
controversies relating to issues of copyright infringement,
censorship and film titles disputes etc. and in line with the same,
we cannot ignore a recent trend, whereby the party seeking relief,
moves to the court for injunction at a very crucial stage i.e. just
before the release of a film infringing the alleged IP rights. Off
late, the last minute injunction has become a stratagem by the
aggrieved party to their advantage and at the same time causing
maximum damage to the commercial viability of the said film.
Recently before the Bombay High Court, a case was brought by
Anil Kapoor Film Co Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred as Plaintiff)
against Make My Day Entertainment & Another (hereinafter
referred as Defendants) for grant of injunction where the
application was based on a claim of passing off a movie title. In
the present case, Anil Kapoor Film Co Pvt. Ltd. claimed rights in
the title "Veere Di Wedding" a
