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A local Court in Gurgaon granted an ex-parte interim injunction against Viacom 18 Pvt Ltd., restraining them from using the trademark ‘Nautanki’ and the accompanying logo last week, as reported here.
The Great Indian Nautanki Company Private Limited (GINC), which runs the hugely popular entertainment project ‘Kingdom Of Dreams’ in Gurgaon had filed a lawsuit against Viacom for infringing their trademark ‘Nautanki’. Viacom produces a successful comedy show ‘Nautanki – The Comedy Theatre’ which is aired on Colors channel on Indian television. This is very bad news for Viacom as the show has high TRP ratings, which in all likelihood will desperately try to get the injunction vacated as soon as possible. This is an interesting infringement case to watch out for because of a high degree of similarity in the services i.e. comedy performances and the impression created on relevant audience. We’ll keep you posted regarding the developments!
Isn’t nautanki a generic word? Are they also going to sue ‘Nautanki Saala’? Or those who call their melodramatic friends as nautanki? Ridiculous
The Plaintiff has withdrawn this suit on the last date of hearing i.e. 26th March, 2013.
I believe the matter was internally settled between the parties pursuant to which the Plaintiff has withdrawn the Suit. It would have been interesting for sure.