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NAVIN CHAWLA
Meta Platforms, Inc. – Appellant
Versus
Noufel Malol – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Navin Chawla, J. (Oral)--This suit has been filed by the plaintiff praying inter-alia for a decree of permanent injunction restraining the defendants from using the mark `Facebake' and/or the domain name www.facebake.in; the email IDs facebake.mail@gmail.com; facebake649@gmail.com, as also for seeking rendition of accounts.
2. This Court, vide order dated 12.11.2020 was pleased to pass the following ad-interim order:
"6. In the meanwhile, the defendant, his agents and employees are restrained from using the mark "FACEBAKE" or any other mark, which is deceptively similar to the plaintiff's trademark.
6.1 The injunction will also operate vis-a-vis the logo(s) represented by the letter `f' i.e.
6.2 Furthermore, the defendant is also restrained from operating his website i.e. www.facebake.in."
3. As none appeared for the defendant no.1, (who was the sole defendant till that date), this Court confirmed the ad-interim order dated 12.11.2020, vide the order of this Court dated 21.01.2021, and further passed the following directions:
"3. The interim order dated 12th November, 2020 is confirmed. The Registrar of the domain name www.facebake.in namely Crazy Domains FZ-LLC is directed t
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