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Delhi HC dismisses ShareChat copyright violation petition against Helo

On October 30 last year, the High Court had ordered ByteDance, which owns Helo and popular short video app TikTok, to stop placing bids on 'ShareChat' as a keyword on Google's AdWords platform

Delhi High Court (Photo - PTI)
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Delhi High Court (Photo - PTI)

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside a petition moved by India-based messaging platform ShareChat against Indian content based app Helo, in which the former alleged that the latter was copying its design, infringing its copyright and indulging in unfair competition. 

On October 30 last year, the High Court had ordered ByteDance, the company that owns Helo and popular short video app TikTok, to stop placing bids on ‘ShareChat’ as a keyword on Google’s AdWords platform. 

ShareChat had earlier said that Helo, whose parent company is based in China, had exploited Google’s AdWords to get higher ranking by playing