GoIndigo v GoAir - Whose Intellectual Property Right is 'Go'? 'Go ogle' the Web?
THE Bombay High Court on Monday passed a very humorous order as these excerpts will show.
The Plaintiff is an airline company, the owner and operator of the GoAir airline. It has declared litigation war on the 1st Defendant, its rival that owns and operates Indigo Airlines. GoAir believes that Indigo should not use the domain name GoIndigo.in; it has intellectual property issues with Indigo's chosen prefix Go in its domain name (though apparently not with the trailing go; a small mercy as it happens, for that might be a demand that Indigo should be rechristened Indi.)
For reasons that are presently unclear so far, Google India Limited, the 2nd Defendant, is also said to be liable. Mr. Jamsandekar for the Plaintiff grants that this is not because the word Go is also part of Google's corporate and domain name (and much else besides). That is all to the good, for the alternative is unthinkable - we might otherwise be forced to ogle the Web.
The Judge, in the order has highlighted in italics the 'go' wherever it occurred like: goal, ging, go aded, gone, good.
Even Government goes. My Go d!
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