Online retailer Flipkart has slapped a lawsuit against Nikon India at the Karnataka High Court over a caution on its website to customers from buying their products from different e-retailers.
A notice on the Nikon India website dated 16 June 2014 reads:
Please note that E-commerce websites like FLIPKART (Flipkart Internet Private Ltd, WS Retail Services Pvt. Ltd), SNAPDEAL (Jasper Infotech Private Limited) are not our authorized partner/dealer in India for Nikon Products, we advise you to check the warranty entitlements while buying from online portals.
However, Flipkart took the case to the court to deal with the matter.
They have singled us out and they cannot make such statements. We are selling the same product and therefore, we are asking the high court to restrain Nikon from publishing the statement on their website.
— A person familiar with the development was quoted as saying by The Economic Times.
The Flipkart case against Nikon India was filed on 3 August 2015 and the next hearing has been scheduled for 21 August by judge BS Patil, according to the court’s website.
Products available on Snapdeal carry the same genuine and legitimate title and hence are eligible for warranty as applicable to any off-line purchases, a Snapdeal spokesperson said. Snapdeal had filed a case against kitchen appliance maker Kaff last year for a similar advisory on its website.
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