https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197980 Trademark protection was held to extend to domain names used in Internet commerce where their use is likely to mislead users into believing an association with the mark owner. The court noted the plaintiff's established reputation in the TATA mark and the defendants' unrefuted registration and use of multiple domain names incorporating that mark. Applying passing off principles, it treated domain names as more than mere addresses and recognised that their misuse can cause deception and dilution. Permanent injunctive relief was granted, restraining the defendants from using the impugned domain names or any identical or deceptively similar mark or name, including use that would dilute the plaintiff's mark. en-us Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:20:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197980 Trademark protection was held to extend to domain names used in Internet commerce where their use is likely to mislead users into believing an association with the mark owner. The court noted the plaintiff's established reputation in the TATA mark and the defendants' unrefuted registration and use of multiple domain names incorporating that mark. Applying passing off principles, it treated domain names as more than mere addresses and recognised that their misuse can cause deception and dilution. Permanent injunctive relief was granted, restraining the defendants from using the impugned domain names or any identical or deceptively similar mark or name, including use that would dilute the plaintiff's mark. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197980