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2023 Supreme(Del) 5744

VIBHU BAKHRU, AMIT MAHAJAN
Google Llc – Appellant
Versus
Makemytrip (India) Private Limited – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Mr.. Sandeep Sethi, Senior Advocate, with Mr.. Neel Mason, Mr.. Ankit Rastogi, Mr.. Vihan Dang, Ms Aditi Umapathy and Ms Varsha Jhavar, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Amit Sibal, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Mohit Goel, Mr. Sidhant Goel, Mr. Deepankar Mishra, Mr. Abhishek Kotnala, Mr. Karmanya Dev Sharma, Mr. Risabh Sharma & Mr. Saksham Dhingra and Ms Mouli Rajput, Advocates, Mr. Ankur Sangal, Ms Pragya Mishra & Mr. Shashwat Rakshit, Advocates for R-2 & R-3. Mr. Arun Kathpalia, Senior Advocate with Mr. Aditya Gupta, Mr. Raunaq Kamath, Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Mr. Sauhard Alung and Ms Diksha Gupta, Advocates, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

Vibhu Bakhru, J. - The appellants have filed the present appeals impugning an ad interim order dated 27.04.2022 (hereafter 'the impugned order') passed by the learned Single Judge in IA No. 6443/2022 filed under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereafter 'the CPC') in CS (COMM.) 268/2022.

2. The respondent [MakeMyTrip (India) Private Limited - hereafter 'MIPL'] had filed the aforementioned suit for permanent injunction restraining infringement of its trademarks, passing off, dilution of goodwill, unfair competition and rendition of accounts of profits/damages etc.

3. MIPL, inter alia, seeks a decree of permanent injunction against respondent nos. 2 and 3 arrayed as defendant nos. 1 and 2 (hereafter referred to as 'Booking Netherlands' and 'Booking India' respectively and 'Booking.com' collectively) from in any manner bidding for, adopting or using its registered word marks ('MakeMyTrip', 'MMT' and 'MakeMyTrip Hotels Ltd.') or any deceptive variant thereof as keywords through the Google Ads Program or using the same in any manner whatsoever amounting to infringement of its trademarks.

4. MIPL also seeks a decree of mandatory injunction against the

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