Diamond Comic Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Raja Pocket Books and Ors.
Diamond Comic Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Raja Pocket Books and Ors. MANU/DE/1261/2005 Brief Facts: Court’s Observations:
Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v. D. Sharma and Ors.
Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v. D. Sharma and Ors. 2019(77) PTC 411(Del) Plaintiff started using the mark “BOOKMYSHOW” in 2007 as a ticketing venture and had revenues of Rs. 150 Crores per year. Defendant was using “BOOKMYEVENT”. Plaintiff filed a suit against the Defendant for infringement and passing off in respect of its trade mark…
No need to prove actual damage
CASE LIST Laxmikant V. Patel v. Chetanbhai Shah & Anr.; 2002 (24) PTC 1 [Summary] Prakash Glass and Rubber Works & Anr. v . Hindustan Safety Glass Works Pvt. Ltd.; 2006 (2) Calcutta High Court Notes 555
Disruption of business of Defendant, not a ground to deny injunction
CASE LIST Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions (P) Ltd.; AIR 1977 Delhi 41
Case List: Unstamped Instrument
CASE LIST Section 35 of the Stamp Act operates as a bar to an unstamped instrument being admitted in evidence or being acted upon. Hindustan Steel Ltd. v. M/s. Dilip Construction Co., AIR 1969 SC 1238 Unless the stamp duty and penalty due in respect of the instrument is paid, the court cannot act upon…
Case List: Gift of Shares to Company?
Case List Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle vs. Nadatur Holdings and Investments (P.) Ltd., 2012, Karnataka High Court; [2012] 210 TAXMAN 597 (Kar); M.K. Kuppuraj and Ors. vs. Commissioner of Gift Tax, 2002, Madras High Court; [2002] 258 ITR 412 (Mad).
Case List: Contract of personal services cannot be specifically enforced
A contract of personal service cannot be specifically enforced in a civil suit. Case List Jitendra Nath Biswas vs. M/s. Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Co. and Anr., 1989, Supreme Court, (1989) 3 SCC 582; Pearlite Liners Pvt. Ltd. vs. Manorama Sirsi, 2004, Supreme Court; (2004) 3 SCC 172; Apollo Tyres Ltd. vs. C.P. Sebastian, 2009,…
Case List: ENFORCEABILITY OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS IN INDIA
A foreign judgment which is conclusive under Section 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, can be enforced in India by: By filing an Execution Petition under Section 44A of the Civil Procedure Code (“CPC”)[1] (in case the conditions specified therein are fulfilled). By filing a suit upon the foreign judgment /decree.[2] In both…
Case List: Hyperlinking & Framing
Find out what troubles you can invite by simply linking to a website and asking your website developer to provide for framing web content from other websites. The complete article will follow soon.
Case List: Metatagging and Trademark Infringement
Find out what Metatags are all about and how they can make you liable for manipulative Meta Tagging and Cyber Stuffing. Here is the list of all landmark cases in US and India which will be followed by a complete article soon by us.
Case List: Jurisdiction in Cyberspace / Conflict of Laws
CASE LIST Sarl Louis Feraud International vs. Viewfinder, Inc. No. 05-5927-CV, 2007 WL 1598057, 2nd Cir.(N.Y.) Compuserve, Inc. vs. Patterson, 89 F.3d 1257 (6th Cir. 1996) [Text] Zippo Manufacturing Co. vs. Zippo Dot Com, Inc., 952 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997) [Text] Panavision International, L.P. vs. Toeppen, 141 F.3d 1316 (9th Cir. 1998), aff’g 945…
Case List: LIABILITIES OF ISPs AND INTERMEDIARIES
FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Sony Corp. of America vs. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984) [Full Text] Fonovisa, Inc. vs. Cherry Auctions, 76 F.3d 259 (9th Cir. 1996) [Full Text] CoStar Group, Inc. vs. LoopNet, Inc., 373 F.3d 544 (4th Cir. 2004) Viacom International, Inc. vs. YouTube, Inc. 17 U.S.C Sec 512(c) Gordon Roy Parker v. Google, Inc.,…