Champak Magazine Sued Bcci Over Naming of IPL’s Ai Robot Dog after it.
The magazine, which is Quite Popular Among Children, Accused The Indian Cricket Board of Using Its Name in a Clear Infringement of the Publisher’s registered mark.
“This ai tool [robotic dog] has been named as champak. The ipl has been going on. The product was introduced earlier but it was named laater on April 23 purportedly based on fan voting, “Advocate amit gupta, represiatinging Delhi press, submitted before the coupling, adding there Reports about this ‘robotic dog’ in the media.
“When did you come to know about that? It is a fact you knew about that but you have not initiated against that,” The Judge said.
In his response, gupta said that people generally give nicknames on the basis of characters in commerc books and movies.
The court then asked the counsel to explain how the name of the name champak amounted to commercial exploitation in the case.
“My magazine is knowledge for animal characters. Let us take the product to be distinct but the very use is causing detrime The court, however, observed that there was no allegation of unfair use in the pleadings. “There is noting on record that there is something which is causing some dilution and detrise,” it said.
In his response, gupta argued that the advertising and marketing of the product showed commercial exploitation. “IPL is a Commercial Venture,” he added.
Observing the use of the name Chiku, the court said the publisher also ear However, Gupta said the cricketer was not launching a product.
“In case he was to launch a product chiku, that would be a commercial exploitation,” the counsel said.
