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Ranjan Narula of RNA Technology and IP Attorneys reviews crucial Indian case law with key ramifications for Google’s advertising strategy and a significant impact on advertisers

The US and its state allies contend Google unlawfully stifled competition by paying billions of dollars to Apple and other business partners to ensure its search engine would be the default on most phones and web browsers.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that Google’s Ads Programme falls under the purview of the trademarks act, meaning the search giant’s use of trademarks as…

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The observations came on an appeal by Google against a single bench order on a lawsuit by DRS Logistics (Aggarwal Packers and Movers) alleging that the use of its trademark and its variations as keywords on Ads Programme resulted in the diversion of traffic from their website to that of the advertiser.

India News: NEW DELHI: Trademarks being used as keywords by Google's search engine for its Ads Programme makes it liable for infringement and no "safe harbour" pr.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that Google is not entitled to the safe harbour protection under the Information Technology Act, 2000, as well as from the liability of trademark infringement where it...

A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Amit Mahajan was hearing a case related to alleged trademark infringement allegations levelled by DRS Logistics and Agarwal Packers and Movers Pvt Ltd, both constituents of the DRS Group, against Google LLC.

Use of trademarks as keywords by Google in its Ads Programme does amount to use under the intellectual property law and, in case of infringement, it cannot claim benefit of safe harbour from liability under the law, the Delhi high court has said.