JUDGMENT

AMIT BANSAL, J.

I.A. 9655/2024 (u/O XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 and Section 151 of CPC, 1908)

1. The present application has been filed on behalf of the plaintiffs (hereinafter ‘Dolby’) under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 and Section 151 of the Civil Procedural Code, 1908 (CPC) seeking interim reliefs. One of the reliefs sought is grant of a pro tem order (prayer iv of the captioned application) directing a deposit of security by the defendant (hereinafter ‘Lava’).

2. The present suit has been filed seeking inter alia, relief of permanent injunction restraining Lava from infringing the following patents granted in favour of the plaintiffs: -

i. Indian Patent Number: IN 315744 titled “MDCT-Based Complex Prediction Stereo Coding” valid till 6^th April, 2031.

ii. Indian Patent Number: IN 331640 titled “Advanced Stereo Coding Based on a Combination of Adaptively Selectable Left/Right Or Mid/Side Stereo Coding And of Parametric Stereo Coding” valid till 5^th March, 2030.

iii. Indian Patent Number: IN 350055 titled “Processing Of Audio Signals During High-Frequency Reconstruction” valid till 14^th July, 2031.

iv. Indian Patent Number: IN 230121 titled “An encoder, a decoder and method for encoding/dec