The Bombay High Court has, through an interim order, restrained a company from using Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) trademark ‘Jio’ for its taxi services being offered under the domain name http://www.jiocabs.com, as reported by PTI. Upon visiting their website, it seems like they have changed the name of the company to Cabs of India.

What happened?

A bench led by Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan granted interim relief to RIL, observing that the company had established a strong prima facie case. The court noted that unauthorised use of the widely recognised ‘Jio’ brand was likely to cause significant harm to RIL’s reputation and goodwill.

“The usage of a well-known and protected brand name would indeed cause grave injury to its owner,” the court observed in its order.

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