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Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions (P) Ltd.

Supreme Court of India · 2004

Headnote

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Issue
Educational issue addressed in Intellectual property — trade marks & passing off.
Principle
Recognised that a domain name can function like a trade mark, identifying commercial origin, and may be protected under the law of passing off.

Derived from Lekha's curated record for Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions (P) Ltd. (Supreme Court of India, 2004). No reporter citation is asserted here — read the judgment at the official source and confirm with a qualified advocate. Beta, pending named-expert review.

Acts it touches

Trade Marks Act, 1999Official statute

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Referenced in 3 judgments in the open corpus · most recent 2018

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