Appoint grievance officer in 7 days: Delhi HC to domain name registrars

The companies have expressed that there is an absence of an effective mechanism to stop websites or parties from using the domain name and trademark of well known brands

Observing that trademark and brand owners suffer losses for misuse of their marks by unauthorised websites with similar names, the Delhi High Court has directed domain name registrars to appoint a grievance officer within one week for processing complaints against such websites. 

Domain name registrars (DNRs) are parties that register a website name for any applicant. Justice Pratibha M Singh said if DNRs do not appoint grievance officers within the said time, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will be free to take action against them for not complying with the local laws.

Several petitions have been filed