A Pune court had previously dismissed Burger King's claim, noting that the local joint had been using the name since the early 1990s.

Burger King Corporation won an interim relief from the Bombay High Court, preventing a Pune eatery from using its name

The Bombay High Court has granted a temporary injunction against a Pune restaurant using the name 'Burger King', favoring the US-based fast food chain in a trademark dispute. This ruling comes after the US chain appealed a previous court's dismissal of its suit against the local eatery,

The Bombay High Court on Monday stayed a Pune Court order dismissing a trademark infringement suit filed by US fast-food giant Burger King against a local burge

The multinational fast-food corporation has sued the Pune eatery named ‘Burger King’ owned by Anahita Irani and Shapoor Irani, claiming infringement of trademark laws.

The company in August filed an appeal in the high court, challenging an order passed by a Pune court the same month dismissing its suit alleging trademark infringement against the namesake eatery.

The global fast-food giant filed an appeal in August, challenging a Pune court's decision to dismiss its 2011 trademark infringement lawsuit against the eatery. The Bombay High Court stayed the Pune court order on Monday.

The Bombay High Court on Monday in an interim order restrained a Pune-based eatery from using the name 'Burger King' until a trademark infringement plea by the US giant Burger King Corporation is heard and disposed of.