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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v. Sohail Maklai Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.

Bombay High Court | Notice of Motion No. 2847 of 2010 | 14 October 2010 | Smt. Roshan Dalvi, J. Background Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, the plaintiff, held copyright in the script and screenplay of its 2002 Hollywood film Phone Booth. The copyright was originally authored by Larry Cohen and assigned to the plaintiff […]

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Ruston & Hornsby Ltd. v. The Zamindara Engineering Co.

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Supreme Court of India | September 8, 1969 | Civil Appeal No. 1274 of 1966 V. Ramaswami & J.C. Shah, JJ. Background Ruston & Hornsby Ltd., a company incorporated in England with its registered office at Lincoln, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of diesel internal combustion engines and their parts. Its Indian subsidiary,

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Low Heat Driers Pvt. Ltd. v. Biju George

M/S Heinz Italia & Anr. v. M/S Dabur India Ltd.

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Supreme Court of India | May 18, 2007 | Civil Appeal No. 2756 of 2007 B.P. Singh & Harjit Singh Bedi, JJ. Background The trademark “Glucon-D” was originally registered in India in 1975 in the name of Glaxo Laboratories (Class 30 under the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958), though Glaxo had been using the

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Dr. Aloys Wobben & Another v. Yogesh Mehra & Others

V.T. Thomas & Ors. v. Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd.

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Kerala High Court | Sukumaran J. | 7 December 1987 AIR 1989 Kerala 49 | (1988) 1 Ker LT 433 Background V.T. Thomas – popularly known as “Toms” – is the celebrated cartoonist who created the beloved characters Boban and Molly, a cartoon series featuring a mischievous child duo along with their family, which was

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Zee Telefilms Ltd. & Film and Shot v. Sundial Communications Pvt. Ltd.

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Bombay High Court | A.P. Shah & D.K. Deshmukh JJ. | 27 March 2003 2003(27)PTC457(Bom) Background Sundial Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Plaintiff No. 1)- a television production company, conceptualized a show titled Kanhaiyya (later renamed Krish Kanhaiyya) in early 2002. The concept centered on Bal Krishna appearing in child form in a dysfunctional rich family, helping

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Corn Products Refining Co. v. Shangrila Food Products Ltd. (1960)

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Court: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Civil Appeal (arising from Trade Mark Application proceedings) Decided on: 8 October 1959 Bench: Justice A.K. Sarkar, Justice J.L. Kapur, Justice S.K. Das Citation: AIR 1960 SC 142; (1960) 62 Bom LR 162; [1960] 1 SCR 968 Background The appellant, Corn Products Refining Co., was a corporation incorporated

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Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Siffynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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Court: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 3028 of 2004 Decided on: 6 May 2004 Bench: Justice Ruma Pal & Justice P. Venkatarama Reddi Judgment authored by: Justice Ruma Pal Citation: (2004) 6 SCC 145; AIR 2004 SC 3540 Background The appellant, Satyam Infoway Ltd., incorporated in 1995, registered several domain names

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Rupendra Kashyap v. Jiwan Publishing House & Ors.

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Court: High Court of Delhi Decided on: 1 July 1996 Presiding Judge: Justice R.C. Lahoti Citation: 1996 (38) DRJ 81 Background The plaintiff, Rupendra Kashyap, proprietor of M/S Som Sudha Prakashan, was appointed exclusive licensee of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), defendant No. 3, by written agreement dated 2 July 1991. Under this

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