In a civil suit filed on December 12, 2011, by UTV Software Communications, for infringement of registered trade mark, passing off and unfair trade competition, the Delhi High Court late afternoon on Dec 14, 2011, passed an ad-interim injunction against a fake casting agency running under the name of UTV in Noida, UP.
Pursuant to a search conducted on the internet by UTV, it was revealed that there was a page displayed on the social networking site Facebook by the name 'UTV Entertainment Media Pvt. Ltd'. Vide a Notice dated 1st December 2011; UTV duly lodged a complaint with Facebook notifying them that the logo appearing on the Facebook page of 'UTV Entertainment Media Pvt. Ltd' is deceptively similar to the registered logo of UTV. On receipt of the complaint, the said platform has discontinued access to the page of 'UTV Entertainment Media Pvt. Ltd'.
On December 10, 2011, UTV also filed a Criminal Complaint under sections 463, 465, 469 read with section 470 of the Indian Penal Code for forgery and cheating against UTV Entertainment Media Private Limited with the Senior Superintendent of Police Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida.
Speaking on this, Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, said, "There are many legitimate casting agencies that follow a strict code of conduct. But cases like these, where the names of reputed studios are used to dupe unsuspecting aspirants, unfortunately lead to suspicion in the general public about all casting agencies. We have taken the strongest action available to us and we appeal to the authorities to take a strong stance to ensure such incidents do not take place in the future."
Anand Desai, Managing Partner, DSK Legal said, "Impersonators like this have been around for ages and exploit many susceptible aspirants who want to enter the film world. Now due to the social media platform it is increasingly in the open, and easier to take legal recourse. We are taking this forward with the police and in the Delhi High Court, and hope stringent action is taken by the law enforcers against this errant conduct."
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