Matrimony.com gets interim injunction against Kalyan Jewellers, others for trademark infringement

Matrimony.com has obtained an interim injunction from the Madras High Court against Kalyan Matrimony, owned by Kalyan Jewellers, and others for infringement of its trademarks through the Google Adwords Programme and in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

It has also obtained interim injunction against a few other ‘violators’ who have domain names similar to the trademarks of Matrimony.com brands — Tamil Matrimony, Telugu Matrimony, Kerala Matrimony and Kannada Matrimony in the order passed by Justice S Vaidhyanathan on April 16.

The injunctions have been obtained against Bharatmatrimony.org, reddytelugumatrimony.com, telugumatrimony.org, vanjaritelugumatrimony.com, snkeralamatrimony.com, alltelugumatrimony.com as well as the mobile application Bharatcommunitymatrimony, says a press release from Matrimony.com