The Supreme Court Of India has overruled a Delhi high court ruling allowing Siffynet Solutions Pvt Ltd, a marketing and referral (*cough*) company, to carry on its business with domain names like www.siffynet.com.
Holding that “Internet domain names are subject to the legal norms applicable to other intellectual properties such as trademarks”, the bench said Satyam was the prior user and has the right to debar Siffynet Solutions from eating into the goodwill it has built up in connection with www.sify.com.
A bench comprising Justice Ruma Pal and Justice P V Reddi said Siffynet Solutions can continue its business by changing its domain name.
The fact that they are being allowed to continue using Siffynet as a business name defies common sense :S The Financial Express has this story.