Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Order, Temporarily Allows Pune Eatery to Use ‘Burger King’ Name

The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court’s order restraining a Pune-based restaurant from using the name "Burger King."

A Bench ruled that the Pune eatery can continue using the name until the Bombay High Court decides the matter.

The dispute involves US fast-food giant Burger King Corporation, which entered India in 2014, and a Pune-based restaurant using the name since 2008. The Bombay High Court had overturned a Pune court’s ruling that favored the local eatery as a “prior and honest user.”

The Supreme Court’s stay allows the Pune restaurant to operate under the name while the case continues.