A.K.MATHUR, ALTAMAS KABIR
Bharat Glass Tube Limited – Appellant
Versus
Gopal Glass Works Limited – Respondent
JUDGMENT:
A.K. MATHUR, J. – Leave granted.
2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 17.8.2005 passed by the Calcutta High Court whereby learned Single Judge has set aside the order passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Kolkata dated 20.9.2004 whereby the Assistant Controller has cancelled the registration of the respondent herein and held that there was no material on record to show that the design had previously been applied to glass sheets. It was also held by learned Single Judge that the order impugned considered with the materials on record, including in particular the computer print-outs clearly revealed that the respondent has only compared the pattern and/or configuration considered the visual appeal thereof, but not the visual appeal of the pattern and/ or configuration on the article. In other words, the Assistant Controller has not considered the visual appeal of the finished product. The visual effect and/or appeal of a pattern embossed into glass sheets by use of embossing rollers could be different from the visual effect of the same pattern etched into glass sheets manually. This aspect was not considered. Aggrieved against this order passe
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