Manmohan Singh, J.-The plaintiff filed the suit for permanent injunction against infringement of copyright, breach of contract, defamation, damages and delivery up, etc. against the defendants for restraining him or any of its agents, etc. to interfere with the plaintiffs copyright in the book titled as "Synopsis of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases" (hereinafter referred to as "Dermatology").

2. In the plaint, the plaintiff submits that the defendant No.1 is Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029. She is the author of the book Dermatology, which has been published by the Plaintiff in 2005 and reprinted in 2006 and in 2007. A copy of the third reprint is filed in the present proceedings. For the purpose of publishing this book, the plaintiff entered into a copyright assignment and publishing agreement with Defendant No.1 in 2003, which was subsequently modified and superseded by another agreement dated 1st September, 2005.

3. In view of the agreement entered between the plaintiff and defendant No.

1, it is alleged that plaintiff has complete assignment of copyright in respect of rights related to p