In the matter of Makemytrip India Private Limited vs Booking.com B. V. & Ors. , vide its order dated 27th April 2022, Justice Pratibha M. Singh of Delhi High Court granted injunction in favour of Make My Trip (hereinafter “MMT”. MMT had filed the suit seeking protection of its registered trademarks 'MakeMyTrip' and its variants used by Booking.com B.V. as keywords on the Google Ads Program for promoting its services as advertisements when search results are displayed on the Google search engine . The contention of MMT was that when a search is carried out for 'MakeMyTrip' in the Google search bar, quite often the first advertisement which is displayed in the search results in the advertisement category is that of Booking.com, who is one of the major competitors of MMT. According to MMT, such use of its registered mark would constitute infringement, especially when done by its competitor such as booking.com. Booking.com relied on the judgment of the E...
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