$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + 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)

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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 Signature Not VeriCfiSed(COMM) 631/2022 Page 1 of 12 Digitally Signed 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

Signature Not VeriCfiSed(COMM) 631/2022 Page 2 of 12 Digitally Signed

		(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

Signature Not VeriCfiSed(COMM) 631/2022 Page 3 of 12 Digitally Signed

		(Italics)
30	INDIAMART	DEVICEMARK I (Italics)	42	1267628
31		DEVICEMARK II (indiamart with LABEL)	35	1693923
32		DEVICEMARK II (indiamart with LABEL)	42	1693924
33		DEVICEMARK III (indiamart with LOGO)	35	1693925
34		DEVICEMARK III (indiamart with LOGO)	35	1693927
35		DEVICEMARK III (LOGO)	35	1693929
36		DEVICEMARK III (indiamart with LOGO)	35	1693931
37		DEVICEMARK III (indiamart with LOGO)	35	1693933
38		DEVICEMARK III (indiamart.com with LOGO)

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