Through this new series, we break down judgments that discuss how domain names are protected under the Indian trademark law. In this post, we take a look at the case of Yahoo! Inc. v. Akash Arora decided by the Delhi High Court. In what was possibly the first case of ‘cyber-squatting’ in the country, the Court held that domain names serve the same function as a trademark and are thus, entitled to equal protection under the trademark law.
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