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No Domain Name Protection for Famous Marks in India

The Bombay High court found that having a famous mark does not prevent someone else from registering and using the famous mark in a domain name.  In Raymond Ltd vs. Raymond Pharmaceutical Pvt Ltd the court held “The overall scheme of the Trade-marks Act does not provide for any statutory protection in terms of prevention of use of a domain name which may also be a famous mark.”