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DELHI HIGH COURT
C.HARI SHANKAR
Snapdeal Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Godaddycom LLC – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. registration of trade marks (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. relief sought against domain name registrants (Para 7 , 8 , 15 , 16) |
| 3. prior court proceedings against alleged infringers (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. defendants' stance on opposing the plaint (Para 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 5. plaintiff's argument on trademark infringement (Para 21 , 22 , 25 , 28) |
| 6. intermediary definition under the it act (Para 39 , 40) |
| 7. issues for consideration in judgment (Para 52 , 53 , 54) |
| 8. infringement of trademarks in domain name registration (Para 68 , 75) |
| 9. rejection of interim injunction (Para 99 , 100 , 101) |
JUDGMENT
LA. 5407/2021 in CS(COMM) 176/2021
1. The plaintiff is the registered proprietor of the following trade marks:
| Trademark | Registration No. | Class | Registration Date | Status |
 | 1950285 | 35, 38 | 15/04/2010 | Registered |
| SNAP DEAL | 1950286 | 35, 38 | 15/04/2010 | Registered |
| SNAPDEAL.COM | 2102124 | 35, 38 | 18/02/2011 | Registered |
| SNAPDEAL | 2126759 | 39 | 07/04/2011 | Registered |
 | 3203510 | 35 | 05/03/2016 | Registered |
 | 3525400 | 35 | 14/04/2017 | Registered |
 | 3525401 | 35 | 14/04/2017 | Registered |
 | 3525407 | 35 | 14/04/2017 | Registered |
 | 3191889 | 35 | 22/02/2016 | Registered |
2. The plaintiff refers to these marks, collectively, as the "SNAPDEAL trade marks" and I shall use the
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