BCCI filed a lawsuit after giving the name ‘champak’ IPL Robotic Dog – Everything you need to know

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Delhi made an objection from BCCI for the AI-Powered Robotic Dog “Champak” on the IPL, a child comic book Champak’s publishers. Justice Saurabh Bannerjee observed that the Champak brand has existed since infinity and asked the Control Board to make written statements in response to the defense within four weeks for the Kriket (BCCI) and Indian Premier League (IPL) in India. The court issued the hearing on 9 July.

The plaintiff’s lawyer also directed the defendants not to use the sign and prayed to give him a temporary protection.

However, the court did not give any temporary orders at this stage.

Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Pvt Ltd carried the Supreme Court, saying that he has published Champak magazine since 1968.

The IPL’s 18th session is currently going on and will end on May 25, 2025.

During one of the matches, he introduced a robot dog produced by BCCI and IPL AI and calls him “Champak” on April 20.

Lawyer Amit Gupta, representing the publisher, said that the robotic dog’s name of “Champak” is a violation of the registered trademark and also because Champak is a well -known brand.

During the IPL matches published to more than 20 Crore viewers throughout the country, “Champak” (Robotic Dog), as an entertainment feature, said that he has made an irreparable damage to the plaintiff by dizing his well -established brand, damaging his goodwill and unjustly enriching it.

“This creates dilution through wearing, damaging the distinctive and positive public perception seen by the plaintiff for decades.” He said.

The senior defender J Sai Deepak, who appeared for BCCI, said that Champak is the name of a flower and that the robotic dog is not a magazine, but people who associate it with a TV series character.

Virat Kohli, the former captain of the Indian Cricket team, said that the pseudonym of Virat Kohli, one of the interviews of Coider and interviews, said that the defense of the defenders Mansi Kukreja, Kshitij Vaibhav and Muskan Nagpal and the name of the false name were given in Champak magazine.

“People of all species describe the word Champak only with plaintiffs and magazines and animal characters that are the focus of the magazine. Even the pseudonym of Virat Kohli, Cheeku, is repeated that the plaintiff magazine is based on Champak’s character.” He said.

The judge later said that the publisher did not choose to move against Kohli for the name of a character in Champak Magazine.

“When did you learn this? One of the characters in Champak. But you didn’t go against him, you didn’t start any action against him.” He said.

Accordingly, the lawyer based on a specific character in a comic or any TV series and film, people often give names to their close and loved ones.

“Today is my problem, the use of the word Champak, which is my registered trademark.” He said.

When the court asked him to show how the violation was made, the plaintiff’s lawyer IPL said it was a commercial initiative with “advertising, marketing and earnings”.

The claim, the name of the robotic dog, social media, the current goodwill and the plaintiff’s brand because of the recognition of the name of Champak was made after a survey process that largely preferred the name, he said.

The Court of Cassation claimed that the encouragement of “Champak” on various media platforms, including the defendants’ news organizations and social media, aggravated the damage to the plaintiff’s rights.

For this reason, the publisher urged the court to prevent the violation of BCCI and IPL’s trademark and searched for 2 Crore for the loss of “difference, honor, reputation, dilution and loss” that caused the trademark.

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