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“There is really no deception at all, someone who wants to go to Make My Trip’s website will not open Booking.com at all..”, the court opined today
The Supreme Court of India today dismissed a trademark infringement case by Make My Trip(MMT) filed against Booking.com and Google.
“This is not a case of use of trademark at all.. suppose you want to book a ticket on make my trip, you will not open Booking.com at all..”, CJI DY Chandrachud opined.
Court was told that under Google Ads, when MMT was being searched as a keyword, the search results showed the result of Booking.com.
“How can you trade under MMT’s name and use it as a keyword..”, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi argued.
Refusing to accept said submission the bench noted there was no deception at all.
While dealing with this issue, the Delhi High Court had…
