Taglines play a crucial role in establishing and re-enforcing the brand identity and are capable of leaving a lasting impression on the audience. While a tagline / slogan can be protected in India und...
With the advancement in technology and e-commerce websites, there has been a rapid increase in sale of counterfeit products, identity fraud etc. Recently, the High Court of Delhi (“High Court”) in several cases has granted interim injunctions against several fake/ rogue websites, involved in selling counterfeit products or circulating copyrighted content illegally. A peculiar aspect in all these cases has been that the High Court has analysed the legitimacy of privacy protect features offered by various Domain Name Registrars to registrants of domain names. In this article, we have attempted to analyse the recent judicial trend and the impact of the same on domain name registrars and brand owners.
