Mumbai, Oct 8 (PTI) In an interim order, the Bombay High Court has restrained a company from using Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)-owned 'Jio' trademark for taxi services being offered under the domain name www.jiocabs.com.

A bench of Justices Somasekhar Sundaresan, on Tuesday, granted the interim protection observing that RIL had established a strong prima facie case and that continued use of the well-known digital and mobile services brand by unauthorised parties could cause serious harm to its goodwill.

The usage of a well-known and protected brand name would indeed cause grave injury (to its owner), the court noted.

The order was passed on a plea filed by RIL claiming it was the registered proprietor of the 'Jio' mark.

The energy-to-telecom conglomerate contended that the use of the

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