https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307703 Model Direct Selling Guidelines, 2016 did not acquire binding statutory force and could not be enforced against private e-commerce platforms and sellers. The claims of trademark infringement, passing off, misrepresentation, dilution and tarnishment were not sustainably established at the interlocutory stage, and lawful resale was protected by the doctrine of international exhaustion under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The platforms were not shown on the pleadings and materials to fall outside intermediary safe harbour under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Tortious interference with contractual relations was also not made out at the interim stage, so the interlocutory injunction could not stand. en-us Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 20:35:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307703 Model Direct Selling Guidelines, 2016 did not acquire binding statutory force and could not be enforced against private e-commerce platforms and sellers. The claims of trademark infringement, passing off, misrepresentation, dilution and tarnishment were not sustainably established at the interlocutory stage, and lawful resale was protected by the doctrine of international exhaustion under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The platforms were not shown on the pleadings and materials to fall outside intermediary safe harbour under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Tortious interference with contractual relations was also not made out at the interim stage, so the interlocutory injunction could not stand. Case-Laws Law of Competition Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307703