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Delhi High Court takes aim at the search giant’s AdWords model, ruling that keyword bidding on trademarks constitutes infringement.
The platform monopoly and trademark infringement question is back in the news again. For now, Google is in the dock.
In a case brought before the Delhi High Court by sanitaryware manufacturer Hindware Ltd against Grohe India Ltd, Google India and Google LLC, and Cera Sanitaryware, the court has held Google to be in the wrong. Specifically its AdWords programme, which allows companies to bid on trademarked keywords, including those belonging to competitors, to show up higher in search results.
The court has held that in the case of brand names that are unique and not generic, Google’s AdWords policy …
India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
