Following .IN Domain Disputes have been admitted by National Internet exchange of India (NIXI) in the month of May 2019:
India's top Telecom Bharti Airtel Limited has filed .IN Domain Dispute (INDRP) over domain name www.coairtel.in. The fame of trademark of Bharti Group cannot be disputed and it has already been successful in over 15 UDRPs. Recent being: … [Continue reading]
Complainant Mumbai based Trent Limited - Retail Lifestyle Stores - Respondent known as Westside Enterprises (OPC) Private Limited - Notice Issued to the Respondent - Respondent agreed to voluntary transfer the Domain Name - Domain westside.co.in … [Continue reading]
In 2009 BrandFactory.in was transferred to the Complainant - Complainant forgot to renew - Registered by Respondent since 2013 - Registered and well known Trademark - Physical Stores across India - Wide sales promotion and advertisement - Huge Social … [Continue reading]
Complainant owns popular instant messaging App 'Hike Messenger' - Launched on December 12, 2012 - Respondent registered www.GETHIKE.in" on September 18th, 2013 - Complainant owns several trademark registrations for the mark 'Hike' and more than 160 … [Continue reading]
Riskmethods GmbH Germany, Respondent is LEVEL2 LLC and Lever10 Inc. United States, Represented by CyLaw Solutions India - Complainant established in 2013 in Munich Germany - Complainant provides specialized supply chain risk management services based … [Continue reading]
Early Warning Services, LLC V. Zelle Pay/Radhika Prasad ARBITRATION AWARD Disputed Domain Name: www.zellepay.in The Parties The Complainant in this arbitration proceeding is Early Warning Services, LLC a company incorporated under the … [Continue reading]
British company PokerStars is an online poker cardroom owned by Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd. It filed INDRP over domain name StarPoker.in in 2017 but the Complaint was denied. Therefore, the British Company went into appeal and had re-initiated another INDRP in 2018, after the previous INDRP award was set aside...
While Idea Cellular Ltd and Vodafone Plc were negotiating merger, Vodafone filed for Domain Name Dispute over VodafineIdea.in and just grabbed a month before they announced completion of the USD 23.2 billion (approximately Rs 1.6 lakh crore) merger. The merged entity, will be known as Vodafone Idea Ltd.
It is interesting to see that from 2006 till 2014, only 6 INDRP complaints were denied but with 15 new Arbitrators brought on the panel by .IN Registry / NIXI in October - November 2014. We can observe major shift in the quality of decisions since 2015 onwards:
2015: 3 complaints denied
2016: 3 complaints denied
2017: 4 complaints denied
2018: 3 complaints denied so far this year !