CASE LIST
INDIA
Supreme Court
- Magna Publications Co. Ltd. and Others v. Shilpa S. Shetty; AIR 2008 SC 681 [Summary]
Delhi High Court
- Phoolan Devi v. Shekhar Kapoor and Ors.; 1995 PTC 46
- D.M. Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v. Baby Gift House and Ors.; CS(OS) No. 893/2002 [Summary]
- ICC Development (International) Ltd. v. Arvee Enterprises and Anr.; 2003 (26) PTC 245 [Summary]
- Titan Industries Ltd. v. M/S Ramkumar Jewellers; 2012 (50) PTC 486 [Summary]
- Mr. Gautam Gambhir vs D.A.P & Co. & Anr.; CS (Comm) No. 395 of 2017 [Summary]
Bombay High Court
- Manisha Koirala vs. Shashilal Nair; (2003) (1) AIIMR 426 [Summary]
- Shilpa S. Shetty v. Magna Publications Co., Ltd. and Ors.; AIR 2001 Bom 176 [Summary]
- Sonu Nigam v Amrik Singh (alias Mika Singh) & Anr.; CS 372/2013(Bombay High Court)
Madras High Court
- Shivaji Rao Gaikwad v. Varsha Productions; 2015 (62) PTC 351 (Mad) [Summary]
WIPO Panel
- Julia Fiona Roberts v. Russell Boyd; Case No. D2000-0210 (WIPO) [Summary]
- Ms. Barkha Dutt v. Easy Ticket, Kapavarapu, Vas; Case No. D2009-1247 (WIPO) [Summary]
- Nicole Kidman v. John Zuccarini d/b/a Cupcake Party, Case No. D2000-1415 (WIPO) – Where the Complainant’s fame precedes the Respondent’s registration of the domain name, there is a strong suggestion that the Respondent has selected the domain name because of the fame of the name and mark and not because of some interest of his own.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co.; 1902, 171 NY 538.
- Hanna Mfg. Co. v. Hillerich & Bradsby Co., 78 F. 2d 763 (5th Cir. 1935); 78F 2d 763 5th Circuit Cent denied 296 U.S. 645 (1935)
- Motschenbacher v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,498 F.2d 821 (9th Cir. 1974) (Identfication by Distinctive Car)
- Zacchini v. Cripps Harward Broadcasting company, 433 US 562,578 Ohio 1977
- Ali v. Playgirl, Inc., 447 F. Supp. 723 (S.D.N.Y. 1978) (Nickname; The Greatest)
- Lugosi v. Universal Pictures, 603 2d 425 (Cal. 1979)
- Hirsch v. S.C. Johnson Son, Inc., 90 Wis.2d 379, 280 N.W.2d 129 (1979) (Nickname)
- Memphis Development Foundation v. Factors Etc., Inc., 616 F.2d 956 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 953, 101 S.Ct. 358, 66 L.Ed.2d 217 (1980)
- Carson v. Here’s Johny Portable Toilets Inc; 968 F2D 831 6 circuit 1983
COURT OF APPEALS; SECOND CIRCUIT
- Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.; 202 F.2d 866 (2d Cir. 1953) [Summary]