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BharatMatrimony files complaint against Google with CCI

By  |  February 2, 2012

Matrimonial website BharatMatrimony has filed a complaint against Google with the Competition Commission of India. It alleges an abuse of dominance with respect to Google’s AdWords practices.

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    This is not the first time BharatMatrimony and Google have sparred over AdWords. In 2009, BharatMatrimony’s owner, Consim, brought a trademark infringement suit before the Madras High Court, claiming that Google used registered trademarks as keywords for sponsored links. The court ruled in Google’s favor in 2010.

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    Source: Hindu Business Line