Adobe Awarded Remedy: Rathi To Render Damages

Deceptive Similarity now extends itself beyond trademarks to the realm of domain names as well. While the principles that apply to both are similar, the jurisprudence to extending such principles seems to lie in the fact that web addresses are increasingly becoming an extension of a product or brands identity. The recent case of Adobe Systems v. Rohit Rathi 2008 (37) PTC 523 is a witness to these very dicta.

Adobe, in the present suit moved to Delhi High Court in an attempt to obtain a decree of permanent injunction to restrain Mr. Rohit Rathi and others from using the domain name "www.adobeinc.org" and the trademark "ADOBE" or any other deceptively similar variant, on the internet or otherwise, so as to the same amounting to infringement .