IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
TEJAS KARIA, J
GAURAV GARG – Appellant
Versus
ALY MORANI & ORS – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. plaintiff seeks injunction for copyright infringement. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 2. plaintiff claims right to attribution as author. (Para 15) |
| 3. defendants argue plaintiff lacks copyright. (Para 16) |
| 4. analysis of authorship and employment status. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33) |
| 5. assessment of author’s special rights. (Para 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38) |
| 6. existence of mou and its implications. (Para 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45) |
| 7. no case for infringement under section 57. (Para 46 , 47 , 48) |
| 8. denial of relief including injunctions. (Para 49 , 50 , 51 , 52) |
| 9. final dismissal of the suit. (Para 53 , 54 , 55) |
JUDGMENT
TEJAS KARIA, J
1. The present Suit has been filed seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendants from infringing the Author’s special right under Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (“Act”) and from conducting and / or broadcasting or permitting the broadcast of the event, “IPL Awards” (“Event”) and relief of punitive damages and rendition of accounts of profits and the costs.
FACTUALBACKGROUND:
2. In February 2008, the Plaintiff met Def
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