Justdial.com wins law suit against Askme.in
Justdial. com had registered a suit against a website named Askme. in alleging that the website hacked its list of phone numbers and started using it as its own.
Justdial. com is a website based in Mumbai and it provides a compilation of telephone numbers of various entities. The law suit was filed in Mumbai High Court as well as in the Delhi High Court. The company said that it suffered huge losses because of the alleged theft of telephone directory.
The company alleged that its directory was covered under "Copyright Act of 1957" and it had compiled the numbers after working on it for 14 years and Askme. in could not duplicate it. The company was able to convince the judge that Askme. in had illicitly used the directory of justdial. com as the two databases had indistinguishable spelling mistakes.
The judge gave the ruling in favor of Justdial. com and asked for the protection of intellectual property rights of internet-driven and telephonic services.
The court also issued an injunction order which prevented Askme. in from conducting its business. The HC also appointed two officials in Delhi and Mumbai to hold all computer hardware used by askme. in to store the data belonging to JustDial.