The order was passed by Justice Sanjeev Narula in a commercial suit filed by Google LLC against P Rajesh Ram (defendant), who is alleged to be a partner in Goocle Housing LLP, Goocle Tamil News LLP, GIPAY Online Service LLP and Goocle Trade Payment LLP.
The Court found the Ram’s trademarks “Gooogle”, “Goocle”, “Geogle” and “Gipay” “structurally and phonetically similar” to ‘Google’ and ‘GPay’ trademarks with difference of only one alphabet.
“Prima facie, the impugned marks appear to be deceptively similar to the Plaintiff (Google)’s marks. The Defendants are utilising the impugned marks and domain names for online news, advertising, TV, banking and payment services, which also correspond to the Plaintiff’s scope of business operations, and is likely to cause confusion among the consumers,” Justice Narula said.
Source: Barandbench
