Many retailers on Swiggy had totally different spellings to trick the shopper.
A number of social media customers have complained {that a} easy seek for “Domino’s” on the meals supply utility Swiggy reveals various outcomes, all of which misspell the title of the worldwide pizza model. A consumer, Ravi Handa, took to X and highlighted the issue. Within the screenshot shared by him, one can discover a number of Domino’s pizza shops close to his tackle in Kolkata, nevertheless, all of them had totally different spellings to trick the shopper. One restaurant was named “Domino Pizza” whereas one other is named “Domino’ss Pizza”.
“Hey @Swiggy That is clearly a fraud. Solely one in all these is real. Why are you letting this occur? Why is not @dominos objecting to blatant violation of trademark,” he wrote on the microblogging platform alongside the screenshot. In a follow-up put up, Mr Handa mentioned, “This is not only a joke. Somebody near me truly fell for it. They realised it solely after they obtained the supply and noticed the field.”
Hey @Swiggy
That is clearly a fraud. Solely one in all these is real. Why are you letting this occur?
Why is not @dominos objecting to blatant violation of trademark. pic.twitter.com/Gv8Lt2rRU8
— Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) February 12, 2024
Swiggy took be aware of the identical and responded, “@ravihanda Hey Ravi, we would prefer to have this appeared into, please share your pincode over DM for us to have this checked.”
Since being shared, the put up has amassed over two lakh views and over 700 likes.
“Cuz Abibas adibas additionally has proper to make use of e-commerce to promote their merchandise,” mentioned a consumer.
“KFC = Kentucky Fried Rooster. KFC = Kishan Meals Nook,” commented one other individual.
A 3rd mentioned, “There’s nothing like Commerce Mark in India.”
“Letting this occur ? Swiggy encourages this. Smaller eating places give extra commissions and all we all know swiggy itself operates all this through shell firms. Close to my house there are 4 biryani shops nawab, gulshan and many others. Identical outlet, identical proprietor, simply totally different names,” said an individual.
An individual wrote, “This is not a trademark or copyright violation. And never itemizing these eating places would may invite authorized points for swiggy.”
“I’ve felt for Pizza Hut and pizza huts,” wrote a X consumer.
“Not solely domino’s. There are lot of faux Eating places & Candy store duplicates!! Particularly famend and outdated established locations. I fell for it as soon as & complained. Swiggy was form sufficient to challenge a full refund,” mentioned a consumer.