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India Today
05-05-2025
- Business
- India Today
High Court dismisses RCB's plea for injunction on Uber's 'Hyderabaddie' ad
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by Indian Premier League cricket team Royal Challengers Bengaluru seeking an interim injunction on an alleged disparaging YouTube advertisement of Uber Moto featuring Sunrisers Hyderabad's cricketer Travis Saurabh Banerjee said the advertisement does not call for any interference at this stage."The impugned advertisement is in the context of a game of cricket, the game of sportsmanship which, in the opinion of the court, does not call for any interference of this court at this stage while considering the "More so, since, in a case like the present one, interference by this court at this stage would tantamount to ... allowing the plaintiff to run on water with assurances of their not falling. Accordingly, the application is dismissed," the court said,The court pronounced the order on an interim application by RCB and the detailed order is Challengers Sports Private Limited filed a suit against Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd claiming that Uber Moto's YouTube advertisement titled "Baddies in Bengaluru ft. Travis Head" disparages its describing the video advertisement, RCB's counsel said the cricketer could be seen running towards Bengaluru cricket stadium with an aim to vandalise the signage of "Bengaluru Vs Hyderabad", takes a spray paint and writes "Royally Challenged" before Bengaluru making it "Royally Challenged Bengaluru" which disparages RCB's lawyer contended that when a negative comment is made, there is disparagement and added that Uber Moto, being the commercial sponsor of Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL team, while promoting its product of booking a ride, used RCB's trademark in the course of its trade, that too its "deceptive variant", which was impermissible under counsel representing Uber said RCB had "severely discounted" the sense of humour of the public at counsel said good humour, sense of fun and banter are intrinsic to advertising messaging and these factors "will be killed" if such a standard, as mooted by RCB, is advertisement, by then, had garnered 1.3 million views and a number of comments from users on the social media platform.
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Explained: What happened in the RCB vs Uber case?
Royal Challengers Bangalore had sued Uber India over an ad featuring Sunrisers Hyderabad and Aussie opener Travis Head, alleging it mocks the team with the phrase 'Royally Challenged Bengaluru' and damages its commercial reputation. Here's all you need to know about the latest developments in the case: Q: What was the core issue brought before the Delhi High Court? A: The core issue was a lawsuit filed by the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against Uber India. RCB alleged that an Uber advertisement featuring cricketer Travis Head, promoting its bike taxi service Uber Moto, commercially disparaged their brand by using the phrase 'Royally Challenged Bengaluru.' Q: What specific part of the Uber ad did RCB object to? A: RCB primarily objected to the scene in the advertisement where Head, playing the character 'Hyderabaddie', spray-paints the phrase 'Royally Challenged Bengaluru' on a stadium signboard. RCB argued this was a 'deprecatory variant' of their trademark and intended to make the team a 'laughing stock' among fans. READ: Gujarat Titans pacer Rabada available for Mumbai match after serving drug suspension Q: What was RCB's legal argument for seeking an injunction? A: RCB's legal argument, presented by advocate Shwetasree Majumder, was that the advertisement crossed the line from mere parody into commercial disparagement. They emphasised that IPL franchises are commercial enterprises with significant emotional and commercial value among fans, and Uber was using this value to disparage their mark for commercial gain. Q: How did Uber defend its advertisement in court? A: Uber's counsel, Saikrishna Rajagopal, defended the advertisement by arguing that it was humorous and contextually grounded. He claimed the phrase 'Royally Challenged' was a light-hearted reference to RCB's chances in an upcoming match and that the viewing public had a sufficient 'sense of humour' to understand this. He also stated that Uber does not exclusively promote any one team and the ad was provocative at best, not disparaging. Q: What was the Delhi High Court's immediate ruling on RCB's request? A: The Delhi High Court, specifically Justice Saurabh Banerjee, refused to order Uber India to immediately take down the advertisement. The Court ruled that its 'interference was not warranted at this stage.' Q: Why did the court refuse the interim injunction? A: The refusal of the interim injunction indicates that, at this initial stage, the court was not convinced that the alleged disparagement was so clear and severe as to warrant immediate removal of the ad. This suggests the court felt the issue required further adjudication before imposing such a restriction. Q: Does this ruling mean that Uber's ad is definitively legal or that RCB's claims are without merit? A: No, the refusal of the interim injunction does not mean that the court has made a final decision on the legality of the ad or the merits of RCB's claims. It simply means that the court did not find sufficient reason to force Uber to take down the ad while the case is still being heard and decided. The matter is ongoing and will be further adjudicated by the court.
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Delhi HC dismisses IPL team RCB's plea to stop Uber Moto's ad with Travis Head
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed a plea by Indian Premier League cricket team Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) seeking an interim injunction against an advertisement of bike taxi service Uber Moto 'Ride like a Hyderabaddie ft. Travis Head' that was claimed to be disparaging to RCB. According to RCB's plea for interim injunction, the advertisement, which features Sunrisers Hyderabad's cricketer Travis Head, has the Australian cricketer running towards Bengaluru cricket stadium to vandalise the signage of 'Bengaluru Vs Hyderabad'. Head is seen using spray paint to write 'Royally Challenged' before Bengaluru, making it 'Royally Challenged Bengaluru' which disparages RCB's mark. Justice Saurabh Banerjee declined to grant an interim relief, noting that the court was not inclined to direct Uber to take down its advertisement 'at this stage'. 'The impugned advertisement is in the context of a game- cricket, a game of sportsmanship which in the opinion of this court does not call for any interference of any sort at this stage,' the bench said. A detailed order is yet to be uploaded. In its suit, argued by advocate Shwetasree Majumder, the IPL team said Uber's actions of using Sunrisers Hyderabad's 'Travis Head' as a character in the video disparaged its mark, since Head wrote 'Royally Challenged' Bengaluru in place of 'Bengaluru'. Majumder also argued that UberMoto illegally used a 'deceptive variant' of RCB's trademark in the advertisement which had garnered over 1.3 million views. Uber's counsel said that the general messaging of the advertisement was to promote Uber Moto, in the context of the May 13 match between RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bangaluru — a city known for its gridlocked roads and traffic congestion.
