{"id":145991,"date":"2025-11-07T09:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T03:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/?p=145991"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T03:54:39","slug":"promodome-trademark-dispute-ex-parte-injunction-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/promodome-trademark-dispute-ex-parte-injunction-delhi-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"Promodome Trademark Dispute: Ex-Parte Injunction Granted"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Background<\/h5>\n<p>Promodome Communication Private Limited (\u201cPlaintiff\u201d), is a company engaged in the business of advertising, communication, branding, audio-visual productions, digital content, and allied communication services under the registered PROMODOME trademarks \u2018PROMODOME\u2019, \u2018PROMODOME DIGITAL\u2019, and \u2018PROMODOME COMMUNICATIONS\u2019. The Plaintiff also operates and maintains its official website, <a href=\"https:\/\/promodomegroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/promodomegroup.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Plaintiff discovered that the Defendant, Promodome Digital LLP, a digital marketing agency, incorporated in July 2020 was operating a website, <a href=\"https:\/\/promodome.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/promodome.in<\/a> (\u201cImpugned Domain Name\u201d) and social media handles under the brand name \u2018PROMODOME DIGITAL\u2019. Upon inquiry, the Plaintiff found instances of confusion among clients and vendors who believed the two entities were connected.<\/p>\n<p>Aggrieved by the Defendant\u2019s conduct, the Plaintiff instituted a suit before the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent injunction against infringement, passing off and other reliefs. To prevent the Defendant from disposing of, concealing or suppressing its infringing business operations and digital footprints, the Plaintiff also sought an urgent ex-parte ad-interim injunction along with the appointment of the Local Commissioner.<\/p>\n<h5>Plaintiff\u2019s Contentions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Plaintiff\u2019s registered PROMODOME trademarks have been continuously used since 2000 in relation to advertising and communication services. Its annual revenue under the PROMODOME trademarks was approximately \u20b957 crores for the Financial Year 2024\u201325, evidencing substantial market value and recognition.<\/li>\n<li>The Defendant\u2019s adoption of the identical mark \u2018PROMODOME DIGITAL\u2019 for similar services constitutes trademark infringement under Section 29(2)(c) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 as it misrepresents to the public that its services originate from or are connected with the Plaintiff.<\/li>\n<li>The Defendant\u2019s use of the Impugned Domain Name and identical branding on social media amounts to passing off and causes confusion among the same consumer base.<\/li>\n<li>The Defendant\u2019s conduct demonstrates a deliberate attempt to ride upon the Plaintiff\u2019s goodwill and reputation, amounting to dishonest commercial gain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Court\u2019s findings and decision<\/h5>\n<p>The Court observed that this was a classic case of triple identity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Identical marks &#8211; \u201cPROMODOME DIGITAL\u201d used by both parties;<\/li>\n<li>Identical services &#8211; advertising, digital marketing, and branding;<\/li>\n<li>Identical trade channels and consumers &#8211; overlapping clientele in the communication and media industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Court held that the Plaintiff had made out a prima facie case for the grant of an ex-parte ad-interim injunction. \u00a0Accordingly, until the next date of hearing, the Court directed that the Defendant, its partners, agents, and representatives be restrained as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>From using, advertising, or promoting the impugned mark, \u2018PROMODOME DIGITAL\u2019, or any other marks identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiff\u2019s PROMODOME trademarks; and<\/li>\n<li>From operating the Impugned Domain Name or any other domain name similar to the Plaintiff\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/promodomegroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/promodomegroup.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Citation<\/strong>: Promodome Communication Private Limited vs Promodome Digital LLP, CS(COMM) 1015\/2025 and I.A. 24022\/2025, Delhi High Court, Order dated 24 September 2025. Available at: <a title=\"Promodome Communciation Private Limited vs Promodome Digital Llp on 24 September, 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/44764970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/44764970\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court granted an ex-parte injunction in favour of Promodome Communication Private Limited, restraining the defendant from using identical marks and domain names. The decision highlights the Court\u2019s handling of clear-cut trademark infringement and passing off matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":145994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":84,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5495,6,11],"tags":[486,4713,5,1160,12360,407,41,6335],"class_list":["post-145991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-reviews","category-intellectual-property","category-trademarks","tag-delhi-high-court","tag-ex-parte-injunction","tag-intellectual-property","tag-passing-off","tag-promodome","tag-trademark-dispute","tag-trademark-infringement-2","tag-trademark-law-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145991"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145993,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145991\/revisions\/145993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}