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* IN THEHIGH COURTOF DELHIAT NEW DELHI

+ CS(COMM) 755/2024&I.A. 38298/2024

SAINT GOBAIN PLACO & ANR. .....Plaintiffs

Through: Mr. Abhay Tandon and Ms. Mamta

Jha, Mr. Hemant Singh, Mr. Pramod

Kumar,Advocates

versus

M/S STEEL INDIA & ORS. .....Defendants

Through: None

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA

O R D E R

% 23.12.2025

1. The present suit has been filed by the Plaintiffs seeking permanent

injunction restraining infringement of Plaintiff No. 1’sIndian Patent No.

325062 [hereinafter referred to as IN’062] and Indian Patent No. 344978

[hereinafter referred to as IN’978], rendition of accounts, damages and

delivery up. The patents being IN’062 and IN’978 are hereinafter collectively

referred to as ‘Suit Patents’.

Factual Matrix

2. The relevant facts, as stated in the plaint are summarised as under: -

2.1. Plaintiff No. 1, a company incorporated under the laws of France, is a

leader in interior comfort and building insulation committed to developing

solutions that meet the challenges of sustainable habitat.

2.2. Plaintiff No. 2, a company incorporated under the Companies Act,

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2013 is a market leader in the construction space for more than three [3]

decades which offers lightweight, high-performance solutions for false

ceiling, drywall partitions and gypsum plastering solutions. Plaintiff No. 2 is

the exclusive manufacturer and marketer of Plaintiff No. 1 patented product,

which is the subject matter of the present suit.

Plaintiff No. 1 and Plaintiff No. 2 are hereinafter collectively referred

to as ‘the Plaintiffs’.

2.3. The Plaintiffs are part of the Saint-Gobain group of companies since

2005. Saint-Gobain is collectively the world leader in the habitat and

construction markets, designing, transport industry, manufacturing and

distributing performance building materials.

2.4. The Suit Patent IN’062 relates to a corrugated construction element

having improved screw retention, stiffness, and load bearing capacity.

The Suit Patent IN’978 relates to an apparatus and method for making

the said construction element from a sheet material comprising an array of

angular corrugations.

The bibliographic details of the Suit Patents are provided at paragraph

no. 16 of the plaint.

2.5. It is stated that the inventors of the Suit Patents have assigned their

rights in favour of Plaintiff No. 1. It is stated that Form-1 dated 23.05.2017

and 27.06.2019 have been filed in the patent office recording Plaintiff No. 1

as the patentee.

It is submitted that all the Intellectual Property [‘IP’] generated by the

employees of Plaintiff No. 2 accrue to the ownership of Plaintiff No. 1 by

virtue of its internal arrangement.

2.6. It is stated that the grant of the Suit Patents i.e., IN’062 and IN’978were

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recorded by the learned Controller on 14.11.2019 and 25.08.2020,

respectively and the same were published in the Official Journal of the Patent

Office on 22.11.2019 and 28.08.2020, respectively.It is stated that there has

be no challenge to the Suit Patents as on the date of the filing of the present

suit.

2.7. Plaintiff No. 2 is the registered licensee of the Suit Patents. Plaintiff

No. 1’s patented product are manufactured and marketed by Plaintiff No. 2 in

India vide License Agreement dated 09.11.2022.

2.8. The patented product, metal profile i.e., the subject matter of the Suit

Patents IN’062 and IN’978, is a pioneer patented technology for metal

framing system for drywalls and ceilings. The said product was

commercialised in India in the year 2017 and is sold und