A Case Comment on Yahoo! INC v. Akash Arora (1999): A Milestone in Extending Trademark Law Protection to the Domain Names in India

Author(s)	Mr. Anurudh Upadhyay
Country	India
Abstract	In today’s modern commercial world, a trademark functions as an identifier of products to make an assurance about a product’s level of quality and also to ensure the promotion of such product. Rights pertaining to the trademark incentivize the competition and safeguard the quality of products. Same provide the consumers with a right to choose either of two or more competing products and services available in market by multiple businesses. In this Defendant Akash Arora used Domain Name “yahooindia.com” which was identical to the plaintiff’s “yahoo.com” for the purpose of offering the services similar to that of plaintiff. This case was the first case of “Cybersquatting” in India, which refers to “When a person other than the owner of a well-known trademark registers that trademark as an internet domain name and then attempts to profit from it”.
Keywords	Trademark, Cybersquatting, Domain Name and Rights.
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On	2025-05-27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.46150
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9mn5b

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