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7. It is contended that the reputation of the plaintiff's mark "YAHOO" can be gauged from the ranking given to the "Yahoo" brand by Interbrand, a leading brand marketing and consulting firm and APCO Worldwide Rankings. Interbrand on an annual basis comes up with the "100 Best Global Brands" and in this ranking "Yahoo" brand of the plaintiff's has featured. Further the "Yahoo" brand of the plaintiff has also been ranked as No. 2 in a list of 100 most loved companies in the year 2013 by APCO. There are various articles published in newspapers reporting the activities of the plaintiff which in a way indicate the renown of the "YAHOO" mark in India.

 Fresh printouts of the Interbrand rankings for the years 2009- 2012 along with a printout of the APCO worldwide rankings of the Top 100 Most Loved Companies for the year 2013, has been exhibited as Ex.PW-1/24 (colly).

 Printout of the list of well known trademarks from the official website of the Trademark Registry of India which mentions YAHOO at entry No.11. has been exhibited as Ex. PW-1/25.  Printouts of the defendants' website which provide information on their activities and show the infringing manner of use of the plaintiff's Yahoo Trademark, has been exhibited as Ex. PW- 1/26.