Dhani Loans and Services Limited vs www.dhanifinance.com

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DELHI HIGH COURT
NAVIN CHAWLA
Dhani Loans and Services Limited – Appellant
Versus
www.dhanifinance.com – Respondent

Table of Content
1. plaintiffs seek injunction regarding trademarks. (Para 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 14)
2. plaintiffs' financial and trademark background. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
3. use of plaintiffs' trademarks by defendant. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 15)
4. court's reasoning on trademark infringement. (Para 18 , 24 , 25)
5. court's summary judgment rationale. (Para 27 , 36)
6. final orders and relief granted. (Para 39 , 40)

JUDGMENT

1. The present suit has been filed by the plaintiffs inter-alia seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining the defendant no. 1, its family members, partners/promoters, directors, servants, agents, franchisees or any one acting for and on their behalf in any manner using the impugned trade mark/logo or the domain name www.dhanifinance.com or any identical or deceptively similar trade mark/name/logo or domain name either as a trade mark, trading style, logo, domain name or in any other manner which is identical or deceptively similar to the plaintiffs' trade marks `DHANI' or the `POTLI' device stand-alone or in any combination thereof and/or domain name www.indiabullsdhani.com, in relation to any services especially for financial and transaction services and