Delhi HC restrains Republic TV from using ‘Newshour’

THE DELHI High Court on Friday restrained Republic TV from using the trademark ‘NEWS HOUR’, or any other mark deceptively similar to it, but declined to pass any interim order to stop the use of the tagline ‘Nation Wants to Know’ by the channel.

The court passed the order in a suit filed by the Bennett Coleman & Co. Limited against ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, seeking a decree of permanent injunction against Republic TV from using the trademark and the tagline.

In the suit, the Times Network had argued that ‘THE NEWSHOUR’ is its registered trademark and ‘Nation Wants to Know’ was coined by its editorial and marketing teams as key words to be used during the Newshour programme.