JUDGMENT

Abhay S. Oka, J. -

FACTUAL ASPECTS

1. The appellant, who is the original plaintiff has preferred this appeal for challenging the impugned judgment and order dated 23rd June 2021 passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Aurangabad Bench). By the impugned judgment, the High Court has stayed the execution and operation of the judgment and decree dated 24th May 2021 passed by the learned District Judge-1, Osmanabad, in a suit filed by the appellant.

2. The appellant-plaintiff is engaged in selling country liquor with the label "Tango Punch". The respondent defendant is engaged in selling country liquor with the label "Two Punch Premium". The case of the appellant is that it has a copyright in the artistic label displayed on the bottles of country liquor sold by it. The appellant claimed permanent injunction restraining the respondent from infringing copyright in its artistic label either by reproducing the label or the substantial part of it in any material form by printing, publishing or using the label or any other work, which is an imitation or reproduction of the appellants label or substantial part thereof. In the suit, the appellant also