IKEA secures interim relief over Indian trademark dispute

Swedish furnishings retailer IKEA has secured an interim reduction from the Delhi Excessive Court docket over a trademark infringement.

IKEA filed the lawsuit in opposition to India’s IKEY Residence Studio after claiming that buyers would mistakenly consider that IKEY is engaged in promoting IKEA’s merchandise because of wording discovered on its web site, ikeyllp.com.

An IKEA investigator recognized that IKEY’s web site talked about it “showcases all kinds of merchandise from famend manufacturers”.

The court docket has now dominated in favour of IKEA and has launched an interim reduction to IKEY, that means the enterprise should chorus from utilizing ‘IKEY’, ‘IKEY Residence Studio’, or another mark that’s deceptively just like the IKEA trademark.

Moreover, the court docket additionally ordered the corporate to droop the area identify throughout the pendency of the case and to reveal the registrant particulars of the area identify. IKEY didn’t attend the listening to, with the case additional listed for evaluation on 9 Could 2025.