Bombay High Court restores ban preventing Cognizant from using its logo in India

The Supreme Court of Bombay restored a ban that prevents US -based IT services. Bingaluru Company atyati Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

In a temporary decision on Tuesday, the Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandep V. Marne, Cognizant, allowed Cognizant to continue to use the logo on June 13, 2024 aside. In doing so, the chapter bench decided to take precautionary measures on March 19, 2024, which prevented Cognizant from using the controversial brand in India. Although it is found in the US, it is a cognizant Indian heritage, because almost three quarters of 343,800 employees are in India.

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The order was read: “The order dated March 19, 2024 will continue to operate during the exchange of temporary application. The only referee is asked to accelerate the decision of the temporary application and to make a effort to make a quick decision. The temporary decision responded to a appeal application against the June decision that removed the ban by Atyati.

A E -POSTA sent to Cognizant on Tuesday did not respond immediately.

War on a hexagon

Atyati, a fintech company, filed a trademark violation case in 2023 and claimed that the device sign was composed of orange hexagonal honeycomb symbolizing cooperation, compassion and effect. He said that the sign, which was slightly sloping in the representation, has been used since 2019 and concretized the values of the organization.

The court was accepted after observing that similarities between the two signs could mislead the people to assume that there was a relationship between atyati and cognizant, after observing that this meant trademark violation. The court also claimed that Atyati had established a Prima Facie case and preferred to maintain the trace of the balance of convenience.

However, in June 2024, another single judge changed the decision and referred to the records of Cognizant showing the logo since 2022 and advertised in March 2023. Atyati decided that the law could not continue, since he claimed to be aware of the use only in October 2023 and claimed that he did not explain this delay before. This order has now been left aside and March has decided to take precautionary measures.

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Cognizant maintains a seven -page logo guide guide between Indian IT firms, which rarely describes the forms of use. It currently allows its name and logo to be used together, but it may not be allowed to use the logo at all. However, an expert and the former cognitive manager who does not want to be named is not likely to affect the work, because he used his name only when he invoiced customers.

The company has tried its brand before. In May 2024, the inner innovation program had “innovation ı to celebrate the anniversary of Bluebolt’s anniversary.

A lot

However, Cognizant is not foreign to legal wars. In recent years, employees have included various disputes about illegal hunting and theft claim. In September 2023, he appointed Jatin Dalal, former Wipro Chief Finance Officer and asked him to file a lawsuit for violating and looking for Wipro’s non -competing substance. La25.1 Crore damage. The case settled later, Cognizant Paytting Dalal La4.2 Crore included legal expenses.

A similar case appeared in December 2023, when former Wipro Healthcare President Mohd Ehteshamul Haque joined Cognizant as the head of America as the Chief Commercial Officer of America. Although the terms have not been disclosed, this case was finally resolved.

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Cognizant also accused the Software Commercial Secrets of abuse of commercial secrets to develop a rival product for the health sector. and locked in a high -profile struggle. The dispute increased by InfoS, Cognizant’s CEO CEO S. Ravi Kumar in his application. In May 2025, a Dallas Court asked both companies to solve the disputes on the scope of information to be shared before the trial.

Cognizant generated $ 5.25 billion for the June quarter, increased by 2.54% and annually 8.14%, respectively. Banks and financial institutions have formed more than three fifths of 130 million dollars of incremental income. Nevertheless, slipping focuses on organic growth, Mint It was reported on July 31, most of the upper line increase was attributed to a single acquisition.