Makemytrip
The Delhi High Court recently restrained a company from using the mark ‘Dialmytrip’ in respect of tours, travel, hospitality, and allied services after it found that the mark was deceptively similar to that of online travel company ‘MakeMyTrip’ [MakeMyTrip India Private Limited v Dialmytrip Tech Private Limited].
Justice Prathiba M Singh noted that both Dialymytrip and MakeMyTrip were involved in online business relating to travel and that Dailymytrip’s business and name was likely to be perceived as an extension of MakeMyTrip.
Such confusion is also likely to lead to dilution of the plaintiff’s (MakeMyTrip) mark, name and brand equity, the Court underscored.
“Accordingly, the Defendant is restrained from using the using the mark/name ‘Dialmytrip’ in respect of tour, travel, hospitality and all other services. The Defendant has two domain names www.dialmytrip.com and www.dmtgroup.in. The first domain name shall not be used in respect of tour, travel,…