Ban on 13 restaurants selling online pizza under the name ‘Domino’s’ on Swiggy and Zomato

Delhi High Court has passed an order against 13 restaurants selling online pizza under the name ‘Domino’s’ on food delivery platforms Swiggy and Zomato. The court has directed Swiggy and Zomato to remove links related to these restaurants. All the restaurants were selling food items like pizza using the trademark of Domino’s Pizza. While passing the order, Justice Anish Dayal has asked Swiggy and Zomato to comply with the instructions within a week and if necessary, has also directed the restaurants to inform about the same.

The 13 food outlets whose links have been asked to be taken down were selling their products under names like “Dominic Pizza”, “Dominek’s Pizza”, “Dominek Pizza”, “Domics Pizza”, “Dominick Pizza”. as well as

The court has told the restaurants that they will not be able to use any similar symbol like Dominos. Domino’s had petitioned the court. Said that his trademark was being infringed.

The court was told that customers were sometimes confused because they placed orders in the belief that the outlets were operated by Domino’s, which was not the case. The special thing is that no lawyer appeared on behalf of the restaurants in the case. Now Swiggy and Zomato will have to down the links of all 13 restaurants.