New court order on Apple using the term SplitView

Update: On March 1, a single judge in New Delhi had granted an injection against the company’s use of the term SplitView. No hearing was held and Apple wasn’t given prior notice about the suit. Apple contested the ruling and later a panel of judges at the higher court ruled the original decision was made in error. Currently, there stands no injunction. The court order reads, “In a nut shell, our finding would be that on the existing material before the learned Single Judge case was not made out to grant an ex-parte ad-interim injunction because an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in a matter concerning trademark violation should ensue only if a very strong prima-facie case is made out with respect to a trade mark which is inherently distinctive. “Vacating the ex-parte ad-interim injunction dated March 01, 2016, we dispose of the appeal directing Apple to file its written statements of defense within two weeks and along there with file all documents it seek to rely upon,” it further states.      Apple is embroiled in yet another legal tussle, this time in India, and over the use of the name ‘SplitView’. So, a Delhi-based firm called Vyooh has moved to court over a trademark violation as the company claims to have developed similar software with the same name back in 2006. Vyooh is a vendor for Microsoft. Now, the High Court has asked Apple India to not use the name SplitView in any of its products or services. ET Tech has confirmed that Vyooh has moved court with the Fidus Law Chambers, the firm representing the Delhi-based company. The report also adds that Apple had approached the division bench of the Delhi High Court and challenged the order. The iPhone maker will have to file a reply by 9 May. **It was just recently in February**  that Apple was asked to pay VirnetX Holding Corp more than $625 million for using the patent licensing company’s Internet security technology without permission in its FaceTime and iMessage features. Meanwhile there have been reports floating around Apple’s plans for its first retail stores in India. In a previous report, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) secretary Amitabh Kant had confirmed about receiving Apple’s application. It was later believed that the Indian government is planning to push through Apple’s application to set up outlets.