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Judgments of the Supreme Court and the High Courts on patents, trade marks, copyright, designs and geographical indications — organised by Act and section, each with a link to the judgment on the court’s website.
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for “Domain Names”
Acqua Minerals Limited v. Pramod Borse & Anr.
Registration of a domain name identical or deceptively similar to another's well-known trade mark, by a person having no legitimate connection with that mark and who seeks to profit from its transfer, amounts to bad faith cybersqu…
Bad Faith AdoptionCybersquattingDomain NamesPassing OffOtherAmitabh Bachchan v. Rajat Nagi & Ors.
A celebrity's publicity rights in his name, image and persona may be enforced through an omnibus injunction that binds not only named defendants but extends to blocking directions against telecom and internet intermediaries, where…
Domain NamesDynamic InjunctionOnline InfringementPersonality RightsOtherAnil Kapoor v. Simply Life India & Ors.
A celebrity's personality and publicity rights, reinforced by the constitutional right to privacy, protect against unauthorised commercial exploitation of name, image, voice and likeness, including through emerging technologies su…
AI And DeepfakesDomain NamesDynamic InjunctionPersonality RightsOtherArijit Singh v. Codible Ventures LLP & Ors.
A celebrity's personality and publicity rights protect his name, voice, vocal style and other identifying attributes against unauthorised commercial exploitation, including through artificial-intelligence voice-cloning tools that …
AI And DeepfakesDynamic InjunctionMoral RightsPersonality RightsTrade MarksSatyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
A domain name has all the characteristics of a trade mark and is entitled to protection against passing off; the fact that the Trade Marks Act, 1999 does not specifically legislate on domain names does not exclude a domain name fr…
Deceptive SimilarityDomain NamesGoodwillOnline InfringementTrade MarksSnapdeal Private Limited v. GoDaddy.com LLC & Ors.
A domain name registrar that sources alternative domain names from a common registry through an automated algorithm is an intermediary under Section 2(1)(w) of the Information Technology Act, 2000; merely making such domain names …
CybersquattingDomain NamesIntermediary LiabilityOnline InfringementCopyrightUniversal City Studios LLC & Ors. v. DotMovies.Baby & Ors.
Where rogue websites persistently pirate copyrighted content and reappear under mirror or alphanumeric-variant domain names, a court may grant a dynamic injunction that extends, without a fresh suit, both to future mirror or redir…
Copyright InfringementDigital PlatformsDynamic InjunctionFilm And OTT ContentTrade MarksYahoo!, Inc. v. Akash Arora & Anr.
A domain name is capable of functioning as a trade mark and business identifier, and its use by another in a manner deceptively similar to a prior user's trade mark or domain name, likely to confuse an average internet user, is ac…
CybersquattingDeceptive SimilarityDomain NamesOnline Infringement