https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151711 A domain name used in the course of business may function as a trade mark-like identifier and be protected under passing off where it has acquired goodwill. Applying the requirements of goodwill, misrepresentation and likely damage, the Court found prima facie reputation in the mark "Sify", held the rival names "Siffy" and "Siffynet" deceptively similar, and accepted that overlapping services made confusion and diversion of customers likely. The respondent's explanation for adopting the name was rejected, and the prior user's goodwill and balance of convenience favoured restraint against further use of the similar domain name. en-us Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 13:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151711 A domain name used in the course of business may function as a trade mark-like identifier and be protected under passing off where it has acquired goodwill. Applying the requirements of goodwill, misrepresentation and likely damage, the Court found prima facie reputation in the mark "Sify", held the rival names "Siffy" and "Siffynet" deceptively similar, and accepted that overlapping services made confusion and diversion of customers likely. The respondent's explanation for adopting the name was rejected, and the prior user's goodwill and balance of convenience favoured restraint against further use of the similar domain name. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151711