Delhi High Court Grants Ex Parte Injunction Against Clone Websites Impersonating Signature Global

The Delhi High Court on 29 May granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of real estate developer Signature Global (India) Limited and restrained the operators of multiple clone websites and social media accounts from impersonating the company and defrauding homebuyers.

A Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh held:

“Having heard learned counsel for the Plaintiff and upon perusal of the documents, I am of the view that Plaintiff has made out a prima facie case for grant of ex parte ad interim injunction against the Defendants. Balance of convenience lies in favour of the Plaintiff and it is likely to suffer irreparable harm in case the interim injunction, as prayed for, is not granted.”

Signature Global discovered the infringing activity in the last week of April 2026 during a routine online investigation. It found that Defendant No. 1 operated clone websites at signatureglobal.live and signaturedevelopersgurgaon.in, along with an Instagram page at instagram.com/signaturefloors2. The company also identified further infringing domains, including signature-global.info, signatureglobalproject.in and signatureglobalprojects.info.

The plaintiff alleged that the defendants used its registered trademark “Signature Global” in the domain names and copied design elements, images and project representations from its official website, www.signatureglobal.in.

It further alleged that the Instagram page prominently displayed the trademark and referred to Signature Global projects, including Cloverdale SPR, Sarvam, Daxin Vistas, Daxin X Factor, and Signature Global City 92, 93, 79-B and 37-D, in a manner designed to mislead the public.

According to the plaintiff, the defendants targeted homebuyers by using false contact numbers on the impugned websites. The defendants then posed as authorised representatives of Signature Global and induced customers to pay booking amounts for residential plots and apartments.

Signature Global stated that it owns the registered trademark “Signature Global” in Classes 36 and 37, covering real estate affairs and construction services, with registrations dating back to April 2014. It also asserted copyright over its website content, logos and artistic works.

The Court restrained Defendant No. 1 and persons acting on his behalf from registering, operating, hosting, publishing or advertising any websites, domains, social media pages, mobile applications or digital listings that incorporate the plaintiff's trademark or any deceptively similar variation.

It directed domain registrars and hosting providers to take down and block the infringing websites within 36 hours of receiving the order. It also included Hostinger Operations UAB, GoDaddy LLC, and Endurance International Group India Private Limited among the entities required to comply for specific domains.

The Bench further, directed Meta Platforms, which hosted the Instagram page, to suspend the infringing account within 36 hours. It further directed the defendants to disclose details of the operators of the fake platforms to Signature Global within three weeks and to file a compliance affidavit within four weeks.

Accordingly, the High Court passed interim directions aimed at immediately disabling the infringing digital infrastructure and preventing further public deception.