Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has got a big setback from the delhi High court in the midst of IPL 2025. In fact, RCB had applied to stop an advertisement of Sunrisers hyderabad cricketer Travis Head, which has been rejected by the court.
The delhi High court on monday rejected RCB's petition, in which it was requested to impose an interim stay on uber Moto's alleged derogatory YouTube advertisement made about Sunrisers hyderabad cricketer Travis Head.
Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that no interference is required in this advertisement right now. The court said, the said advertisement is in the context of the game of cricket, sportsmanship and in the opinion of the court, no interference of the court is required at this stage while considering this application.
The court said that it would be inappropriate for this court to interfere in this matter at this stage, for this reason the RCB petition is dismissed. The court has given this order on the interim application of RCB. However, the detailed order is yet to come.
Royal Challengers sports Private Limited has filed a suit against uber India Systems Private Limited claiming that uber Moto's YouTube advertisement "Baddies in Bangalore featuring Travis Head" insults its trademark.
Earlier, describing the video advertisement, RCB's lawyer said that the cricketer can be seen running towards the Bengaluru cricket Stadium with the aim of defacing the signage of "Bengaluru vs Hyderabad", he takes a spray paint and writes 'Royally Challenged' before Bengaluru, making it 'Royally Challenged Bengaluru', which insults the brand of RCB.
The lawyer argued that when any negative comment is made, there is insult. He said UberMoto, being the commercial sponsor of Sunrisers hyderabad IPL team, while promoting its ride booking product, is using RCB's trademark in the course of its business, that too in a 'misleading manner', which is unacceptable under the law. The lawyer appearing for uber said that RCB has 'grossly underestimated' the sense of humour of the general public. Uber's lawyer said that good humour and jokes are an integral part of the advertising message and if such a standard proposed by RCB is implemented, then these factors will be 'eliminated'.
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