The Hon’ble Delhi Excessive Court docket, vide order dated 14th Could 2025 in Vinay Footage vs. Good Hope & Ors. [CS(COMM) 475/2025], has handed a big ex-parte ad-interim injunction defending the mental property rights within the legendary Hindi movie Andaz Apna Apna.
Delhi Excessive Court docket safeguards IP rights of Andaz Apna Apna; blocks unauthorized use of characters, dialogues, and merchandise
The Plaintiff, Vinay Footage, represented by means of its Proprietress Ms. Shanti Vinaykumar Sinha, authorized inheritor of the late producer Mr. Vinay Sinha, sought pressing aid in opposition to widespread unauthorized exploitation of the movie and its underlying works which resembling characters, dialogues, catchphrases, and different IP property throughout merchandise, digital platforms, domains, and AI-generated content material.
The Hon’ble Court docket, acknowledging the enduring and cult standing of the movie and its characters resembling “Crime Grasp Gogo”, “Amar”, “Prem”, and dialogues like “Aila” and “Ouima”, has restrained over 25 defendants together with sellers on e-commerce aggregator platforms, digital content material creators, and net area holders, from:
• Utilizing any content material an identical to or derived from the movie; and
• Manufacturing or promoting any merchandise or merchandise bearing the movie’s IP; and
• Creating AI-based or digital works that exploit the characters or dialogues.
The Court docket additional directed YouTube, GoDaddy, Desertcart, Flipkart, Meesho, and others to take away infringing content material, block entry to URLs, and disclose particulars of infringing sellers and uploaders. Importantly, the Court docket upheld the Plaintiff’s trademark rights and the unique proper to commercially exploit the movie and its components. This landmark order units a robust precedent for enforcement of IP rights in Indian cinema and reaffirms that legacy content material enjoys full safety underneath Indian copyright and trademark legislation, together with in opposition to AI-based infringement.
Mr. Ameet Naik, Advocate for the Plaintiff and Associate at Anand & Naik, states: “This order is a powerful affirmation of the rights of legacy content material creators within the digital age. Andaz Apna Apna is not only a movie it’s part of India’s cultural heritage, and its characters and dialogues take pleasure in iconic standing. The Delhi Excessive Court docket has acknowledged the significance of defending artistic works from rampant misappropriation, together with by unauthorised merchandise sellers and AI-based content material mills. We’re grateful for the Court docket’s well timed intervention and consider this order will function a essential precedent for safeguarding IP in cinema, particularly in opposition to newer types of digital exploitation.”
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