Delhi High Court Grants Partial Relief to Indiamart in Puma Trademark Case

The Delhi High Court granted partial relief to Indiamart in a trademark infringement suit filed by Puma.

Puma alleged that Indiamart listed counterfeit Puma products and sought to restrain Indiamart from using “PUMA” as a selectable brand option.

The Court allowed Indiamart to continue listing “PUMA” as a selectable brand option in its dropdown menu for prospective sellers, but directed it to promptly remove counterfeit Puma listings upon notice.

The bench found no prima facie evidence that Indiamart promoted counterfeit goods.

However, it warned that failure to act on takedown requests could strip Indiamart of safe harbour protections under Section 79 of the IT Act.