India’s biggest Local Search Justdial is successful in Obtaining an injunction against Infomedia 18 Information portal Askme. Justdial alleged Infomedia for copying up their complete database for their latest Information Portal Askme.in thereby infringing Just Dial’s copyright in its valuable database.

Justice Indermeet Kaur has granted an exparte injunction against Infomedia 18, restraining them from infringing Just Dial’s copyright and from running the website askme.in till the next date of hearing.

Court has also appointed two lawyers as local commissioners to seize hard disks and other storage media from Infomedia offices in Delhi and Mumbai containing any part of the commercial or business directory database belonging to Just Dial.

The seized items will be placed before the court as and when asked for, HC specified. The court was hearing a suit filed by Just Dial where the firm alleged that a rival portal was using its database and creating large scale copyright violation.

Urging HC to grant a permanent injunction and bar the other website from carrying out business, Just Dial also brought to HC’s attention how identical spelling mistakes can be found in both the databases, indicating it was simply lifted from the original and marketed as different.

Update – Askme.in website is down Currently