It has been time and again held that the Domain Dispute policies like INDRP/UDRP are designed to deal with cases of purely CyberSquatting and not applicable to disputes between parties with competing rights acting in good faith. That is, in case the domain owner is already having a legitimate … [Read more...]
New INDRP complaints filed in May 2019
Following .IN Domain Disputes have been admitted by National Internet exchange of India (NIXI) in the month of May 2019: VOLVOSAFAR.IN Filed on 06.05.2019 Arbitrator: Mr. Ankur Raheja Domain Registrar: Endurance Domains Technology LLP Website: None Registered on: 2019-01-08 WHOIS: KMC … [Read more...]
Airtel files INDRP/Domain Dispute over domain – coairtel.in
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: D2018-2950 airtelthanks.com (13-Feb-2019) D2018-1604 … [Read more...]
Order/ Rotation of Arbitrators for new INDRP cases
The Arbitrators appointed by NIXI / .IN Registry, are allocated INDRP cases in the following order: Amarjit Singh, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Mr. Harini Narayanswamy, Ms. Nikilesh Ramachandran, Mr. Rajeev Singh Chauhan, Mr. Ranjan Narula, Mr. Rodney D. Ryder, Mr. Saravanan … [Read more...]
Westside.co.in voluntarily transferred away in INDRP by the Respondent to Trent Ltd
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 transferred to the Complainant In the matter … [Read more...]
Future Lifestyle Fashions files INDRP for second time and gets transfer of domain name BrandFactory.in
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 Media and online presence (Google Search) - … [Read more...]
HIKE App gets hold of GetHike.in under INDRP Proceedings
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 different domain names containing the mark 'Hike' - … [Read more...]