Quadrific Media Pvt. Ltd. has been dealt a major blow in its battle to stop Rajat Agarwal from using the Spartan Poker trademark in India.

If you recall, Agarwal filed a lawsuit in January against Quadrific Media and executives including Amin Rozani, Rajeev Kanjani, Rohit Bhalla and Sameer Rattonsey. The four were former members of the Indian Poker Championship (IPC) who launched a new company called the Spartan Online Poker Pvt. Ltd., which operates TheSpartanPoker.com.

It so happened that Agarwal’s group is also operating a website using the name “Spartan Poker,” prompting an ugly legal battle between the two factions over intellectual property rights and corporate governance norms.

To end Agarwal’s association with the Spartan Poker trademark, Quadrific Media filed a complaint before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in April. In its complaint, the company asserted that Agarwal “has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name” because he “does not own the Spartan Poker trademark and is not known in the market as ‘Spartan Poker.’”