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Cybersquatter using Bharti domain names restrained

Cybersquatter using Bharti domain names restrained

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New Delhi: The Delhi high court has restrained a cybersquatter from using the domain names bhartiwalmart.in and bharti-wal-mart.com.

The court passed the interim order on a suit filed by Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt. Ltd, a Bharti and Wal-Mart joint-venture for wholesale cash-and-carry business, seeking an order restraining Bangalore resident Somesh Gupta, who has registered the domains in his name.

The infringement suit also sought a direction to Gupta to transfer the domains in the name of Bharti Wal-Mart.

The company said it was the lawful owner and proprietor of marks “Bharti" and “Wal-Mart" and the legitimate claimant to both the domain names.

The registration of bhartiwalmart.in and bharti-wal-mart.com would expire in January 2010 and January 2009, respectively. The company said it had found that the websites were not operational but were “parked" by Gupta.

Bharti Wal-Mart also sought Rs2 lakh as compensation for the damage to its goodwill.

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Published: 19 May 2008, 01:23 AM IST
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