Delhi High Courts orders blocking of ‘Come Sports’ apps mimicking Dream11

The Delhi High Court has restrained operators of several rogue fantasy gaming applications from using trademarks belonging to Dream11 and copying the platform’s mobile application interface [Sporta Technologies Vs Come Sports]..Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim order on February 24 while hearing a suit filed by Sporta Technologies Private Limited (plaintiff), the operator of Dream11. The Court also directed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to notify internet service providers to block access to websites hosting the allegedly infringing applications. "From a plain comparison as brought forth in the above table, Plaintiff prima facie is correct that Defendant No. 1 has deliberately and with an intent to cash-in on the goodwill and reputation of the Plaintiff launched its ‘Come’/’Come Sports’ real money fantasy gaming, casino and rummy mobile applications and in doing so it has used and is continuing to use and reproduce identical trademarks of the Plaintiff as also copyright material and it needs no reiteration that general public is being deceived into believing that the services provided by Defendant No. 1 emanate from the Plaintiff and/or have some association with or by endorsed by the Plaintiff," the Court held. .In its plea, Sporta Technologies recounted that Dream11 launched its fantasy sports platform in 2012 and operates a widely used digital sports entertainment service where users create virtual teams of real players and compete based on their performances in live matches.The company told the Court that the Dream11 platform currently has over 200 million registered users and more than 100 million downloads on Android devices alone.Dream11 also said it owns several registered trademarks including “Dream11,” “Dream Sports,” “Dream11 Champions,” and other Dream-formative marks, and has partnered with major sports bodies such as the International Cricket Council (ICC), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Indian Premier League (IPL), La Liga and the NBA..According to the suit, Dream11 discovered in December 2025 that several entities were promoting real-money gaming applications under the marks “Come,” “Come Sports,” and “Come x Dream11.” These advertisements were circulated widely on social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.Dream11 stated that it subsequently received user complaints in January and February 2026 regarding these applications, prompting an investigation.The company alleged that the rogue operator had created multiple domain names and distributed the applications through downloadable APK files, allowing users to install them outside official app stores.The suit identified more than 21 domain names which were allegedly used to distribute the infringing application, including:come-dream11.comdream11come.comcomesports.income11game.comcomedream11.livecomeapp-dream11.com.The Court noted that the defendants had reproduced Dream11’s trademarks, branding and promotional content in a manner that was likely to mislead users into believing that the impugned applications were connected with or endorsed by Dream11.It observed that the material on record indicated that the defendants were promoting a real-money fantasy gaming application under the impugned marks while presenting it as another version of, or affiliated with, the Dream11 platform.The Court further found that the defendants had used Dream11’s marks along with footage taken from the company’s earlier advertisements to create the impression that the rogue application was a relaunch or “comeback” version of the Dream11 app..The Court, therefore, restrained the defendants and anyone acting on their behalf from:Using the “Dream11” or “Dream Sports” trademarks or any deceptively similar marks; Using such marks in domain names, mobile applications, websites or advertisements; and Copying Dream11’s copyright-protected mobile app interface and promotional content..The Court also directed DoT and MeitY to issue notifications to internet service providers to block access to the identified domain names hosting the infringing applications.Dream11 has also been permitted to notify intermediaries, including domain registrars, internet service providers and social media platforms such as Google and Meta, about additional rogue websites found to be violating its intellectual property rights..Dream 11 was represented by Advocates Sidharth Chopra, Devvrat Joshi, Yatinder Garg, Raghav Goyal, Snehima Jauhari and Sankalp Arya from Saikrishna & Associates.[Read Order]