Trademark | Territorial Jurisdiction Can't Be Claimed on Basis of Website Not Allowing Sale of Allegedly Infringing Product: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court, in a recent judgment by Justice Amit Bansal, has laid down a significant ruling on territorial jurisdiction under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, holding that mere access to a passive website, even if it lists infringing products, is not enough to grant jurisdiction to the Court if no commercial transactions occurred within its territory. Court rules passive website not sufficient to invoke jurisdiction The case involved…
