Delhi HC Grants Interim Relief to Dream11 Against Fake Apps

In an order dated February 24, 2026, the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte ad interim injunction restraining rogue websites from using the Dream11 marks and from copying the UI, graphics, structure, layout, colour scheme and other copyrighted elements of the Dream11 application.[1]

The plaintiff, owner of the Dream11 marks, found that Defendant No. 1 was operating the impugned mobile applications through several recently created domain names, copying the Dream11 app’s UI, graphics, layout, and other copyrighted elements, and using unauthorised variations of the Dream11 marks and logo to promote the apps as ‘Come’/‘Come Sports’.

The plaintiff alleged infringement of its statutory rights and violation of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which prohibits online money games.

The Court observed that it was prima facie evident that Defendant No. 1 had launched the ‘Come’/‘Come Sports’ real-money gaming applications under the impugned marks, promoting them as affiliated with the Dream11 brand while using identical trademarks and reproducing the plaintiff’s copyrighted material.

Accordingly, the Court restrained Defendant No. 1 and persons acting on its behalf from using the ‘Dream11’ and ‘Dream Sports’ marks or any deceptively similar marks, and from reproducing the plaintiff’s copyright-protected works.

The Court also directed the Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to notify internet service providers to block access to the infringing domain names listed in Annexure A, while permitting the plaintiff to report additional rogue websites to the relevant authorities and platforms.

[1] Sporta Technologies Private Limited v. Come Sports & Ors., I.A. 5108/2026 in CS(COMM) 181/2026