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Karan Bajaj, WhiteHat Jr’s CEO and founder filed $2.6 Million defamation case against software engineer Pradeep Poonia who has publicly criticized WhiteHat Jr for its marketing tactics quality of courses on platform and aggressive takedowns on Twitter.
Petitions states that, “As some of the one-on-one communications between the Plaintiffs’ teachers and the Defendant have demonstrated, the former have felt extremely threatened and harassed by the Defendant which is even more pertinent given that the Plaintiffs’ entire workforce of 11,000 teachers is female,”.
Added, “The Defendant’s activities have critically affected the Plaintiffs’ business and resulted in loss of its goodwill and reputation, and the confidence of its customers in its business. It is submitted that as a consequence of the Defendant’s tweets, Plaintiffs have suffered a steep dip in the conversion rate from trial classes to actual registrations which has severely affected revenue its revenue.”
Last month defamation notice was sent to Poonia which highlighted that defendant has violated the Trade Marks Act of 199, The Copyright Act of 1957 and Code of Civil Procedure of 1908.
WhiteHat Jr Founder has filed the case for “Infringement of Registered and Unregistered Trademarks.” and for recovery of damages of INR 20 Crores from the said critic.