India: My Name is Khan
! Actor Salman Khan served notice by Khan Market Traderr’s Association, New
Delhi.
As reported by the Times of India, an Indian daily, the Khan Market Traders’ Association in New Delhi has sent a legal notice to renowned Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, on January 15, 2016 asking him to withdraw the name Khan Market from his e-commerce portal www.khanmarketonline.com, and to stop the unauthorized use of the trade name ‘Khan Market’.
As reported by the Times of India, an Indian daily, the Khan Market Traders’ Association in New Delhi has sent a legal notice to renowned Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, on January 15, 2016 asking him to withdraw the name Khan Market from his e-commerce portal www.khanmarketonline.com, and to stop the unauthorized use of the trade name ‘Khan Market’.
The shopping web portal ‘www.khanmarketonline.com’ was launched by Salman Khan on his 50th birthday on December 27, 2015. The
domain name was registered on December 16, 2015 (privacy protected).
According to the
President of the Association, Mr. Sanjiv Mehra, online retail is eating into
the offline retail market, and the e-commerce website launched by Salman Khan
will affect traders in Khan Market as people will perceive that it is the Khan
Market traders who are selling their things online. He further stated that
there is no other Khan Market anywhere in India, and this market has a brand
name across Asia which the said e-commerce portal is trying to capitalize on.
Grounds
taken in the notice, as reported:
- The web portal is misusing the
name Khan Market and hence amounts to passing off its goods as the goods
belonging to the traders of the market.
- The things sold on the website www.khanmarketonline.com
would be construed as sold by traders of the actual and physical Khan
Market in New Delhi.
- The portal
‘khanmarketonline.com’ may not only be construed as “deceptive and
misleading” for traders but may also affect consumers of the brand name of
the upscale market.
Trademark
Applications:
Meanwhile, our research
revealed that Salman Khan has also filed the following applications for
registration of the trade mark/K KHAN MARKET ONLINE, as recently
as December 24, 2015:
The legal notice
reportedly stipulates a period of seven (7) days within which the impugned
named is to be withdrawn. According to Mr. Sanjiv Mehra, if such withdrawal
does not happen or any favourable response is not received within the
stipulated 7 days, a legal action will be initiated. Whether or not the matter
is taken further to court, shall surely be kept on watch with bated breath.
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