Month: August 2024

Pune eatery wins legal battle against US based Burger King

The US company, which entered the Indian market in 2014, argued that the Pune eatery’s continued use of the name is damaging its reputation, goodwill, and business.

The court dismissed the 2011 suit filed by the Burger King Corporation, seeking a permanent injunction restraining infringement of trademark, passing off (the trademark as theirs), as well as monetary damages.

Disney names Adam Smith chief product & technology officer, Disney Entertainment & ESPN

Adam Smith joins Disney from YouTube, where he most recently served as Vice President, Product Management, leading Music and Premium as well as Subscriptions and Commerce since 2016. During more than 20 years at Google and YouTube, Smith held executive roles across numerous divisions.

In this role, Adam Smith will be responsible for driving technology strategy, development, deployment and continued innovation across the company’s streaming platforms and networks, portfolio of consumer digital touchpoints, proprietary advertising technology, emerging technologies and more.

ITC’s COO Sanjay Singhal joins Wagh Bakri Tea Group as CEO

Sanjay Singhal began his career at Lakme Lever and went on to work across Hindustan Unilever, Yum! Restaurants International, GE Capital, Aditya Birla Capital and Dabur India Limited. (Image source: d2c India)

During his stint at ITC, Sanjay Singhal looked into all aspects of the dairy and beverages business.

Broadcasting bill killed?: No fresh draft of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill: Report

In a letter to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, AIDCF stated, "Unlike traditional distribution platform operators (DPOs), these services do not seem to be subject to the same regulatory scrutiny, potentially creating an uneven playing field for Pay TV operators.

The Govt will not bring in a new Broadcasting Bill, states a news report. Last week, MIB said it would be issuing a fresh draft post a thorough stakeholders consultation.

Exclusive: Mumbai Police freezes ‘No Objection Certificates’ for OOH hoardings

Stakeholders are of the opinion that the BMC can not abruptly remove the existing policy guidelines, especially when many of them have already sealed their deals as per the existing guidelines. (Image source: Unsplash)

The BMC’s guidelines for hoardings state that no illuminated, digital, LED, or LCD advertisements shall be permitted without an NOC from the Mumbai Traffic Police Department.

Goibibo asked to refund passengers after Jet Airways’ abrupt shutdown left them stranded

Questions about whether an online travel agency is liable to refund the fare received in case of a failure on the part of the airline to operate the flight are raised. (Image source: Unsplash)

Holding the travel agency Goibibo liable to pay a refund to the consumers, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission sided with the consumers.