If you planned to register “amulet” domains in India with registrars such as GoDaddy, Big Rock or Freenom, forget about it.
Why would that be impossible?
In a landmark judgement to protect the originality of brands, the Delhi High Court has restrained domain registrars from selling or offering for sale domain names with “Amul” as a suffix or prefix in any combination.
Apparently, Amul is a big dairy product brand in India, and fake web sites are popping up like mushrooms, defrauding merchants of milk and cheese, alongside consumers.
According to an article in the Hindu Business Line:
“Amul, in a statement, also stated that the Court had outrightly rejected the contention of GoDaddy that it is not aware as to whether there is any technology by virtue of which Godaddy can ensure that the websites with the name Amul wherein will no be made available for sale.”
The court order comes as a major relief to Amul that has been receiving several complaints from across India from people who were deceived by fake and rogue websites which illegally offered “Amul” dealerships, distributorships, and jobs in exchange for monetary deposits.
So amulets and several other words are out of the question!
Story kudos: Supratik Basu.
