CS(COMM) 631/2022

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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CS(COMM) 631/2022 & I.A. 14980/2022, I.A. 14984/2022

INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED

..... Plaintiff

Through:

Ms. Deepika Pokharia, Mr.

Nitin Sharma and Mr. Naman Tandon,

Advs.

versus

MR SAMEER SAMIM KHAN & ORS.

..... Defendants

Through:

Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC for

GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Adv. for

IFSO Spl. Cell, Delhi Police

Ms.Shweta Sahu, Adv. for D-3

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR

J U D G M E N T (O R A L)

%

10.10.2023

1.

The plaintiff is in the business of running an electronic

business-to-business

(B2B)

portal

under

the

webpage

www.indiamart.com and associated copyrighted applications. Goods

and services can be advertised and sold by anyone who so chooses,

over the web portal of the plaintiff.

2.

It is claimed that the plaintiff is India’s first B2B directory

which commenced operations in 1996. As on date, it is asserted that

the plaintiff has over 149 million buyers, who have access to 7.1

million suppliers for over 83 million products. The plaintiff’s

copyrighted App is stated to have 10 million downloads as on 30

Digitally Signed

By:HARIOM

Signing Date:19.10.2023

12:36:26

Signature Not Verified

CS(COMM) 631/2022

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December 2021 on the Google Play Store. The plaintiff has been

awarded the ‘Video Content in a Business Website-Special Mention'

at Video Media Awards and Summit, 2019; 'Best Online Classified

Website' at Drivers of Digital Summit & Awards, 2018; 'Best

Business App Award' at GMASA, 2017; Manthan Award, 2013 under

the 'E-business and Financial Inclusion' category for its path-breaking

and low-cost solution to SMEs called buy-leads, launched in 2012;

'Special Contribution Award' at WASME-Super SME Awards, 2016

and 'Best Online Classified Website Award' at Drivers of Digital

Awards, 2016, etc.

3.

The mark “INDIAMART” was coined by the plaintiff in 1996,

and the domain name “indiamart.com” was registered on 8 March

1996. The plaintiff is also the holder of the following registrations

under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, which are valid and subsisting as on

date:

S.

No.

Mark

Type

Class

Registration

No.

1

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

6

1693946 2

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

9

1693949 3

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

11 1693951

4

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

13 1693953

5

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

15 1693955

6

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

21 1693961

7

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

(CAPITAL)

25 1693965

8

INDIAMART

WORD MARK

26 1693966

Digitally Signed

By:HARIOM

Signing Date:19.10.2023

12:36:26

Signature Not Verified

CS(COMM) 631/2022

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(CAPITAL)

9

INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

27 1693967

10 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

28 1693968

11 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

29 1693969

12 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

30 1693970

13 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

31 1693971

14 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

32 1693972

15 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

33 1693973

16 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

34 1693974

17 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

35 1693975

18 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

36 1693976

19 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

37 1693977

20 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

39 1693979

21 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

40 1693980

22 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

41 1693981

23 INDIAMART

WORDMARK

(CAPITAL)

42 1486285

24

DEVICE MARK

35 1693921

25 Indiamart

WORDMARK

(SMALL)

35 2997209

26 Indiamart

WORDMARK

(SMALL)

42 2997207

27

DEVICEMARK

42 1693922

28

DEVICEMARK I

(Italics)

9

1150935 29 INDIAMART

DEVICEMARK I

35 1267627

Digitally Signed

By:HARIOM

Signing Date:19.10.2023

12:36:26

Signature Not Verified

CS(COMM) 631/2022

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(Italics)

30 INDIAMART

DEVICEMARK I

(Italics)

42 1267628

31

DEV