#commercial court jurisdiction

Kerala High Court rules that raising a defence under Section 22(4) of the Designs Act, 2000-challenging the validity of a registered design-automatically transfers the case to the High Court, bypassing lower court jurisdiction. This holding reinforces the exclusive jurisdiction of High Courts in design validity disputes, impacting litigants and practitioners in IP enforcement.

Karnataka High Court rules that commercial courts have jurisdiction over share transfer disputes if the contract was executed and the shares are situated at the company’s registered office. The decision clarifies that plaintiffs cannot be compelled to file suits in distant courts merely based on defendant’s residence, reinforcing jurisdictional convenience for commercial litigants.