Monsanto Technology LLC Thru the Authorised Representative Ms. Natalia Voruz vs Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. Thru the Director

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2019 Supreme(SC) 26

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA
Monsanto Technology LLC Thru the Authorised Representative Ms. Natalia Voruz – Appellant
Versus
Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. Thru the Director – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Devanshu Sajlan, Adv. Mr. Deepak Joshi, Adv. Mr. Akash lamba, Adv. Ms. Hansa Kaul, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Pravin Anand, Adv. Mr. R.N. Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Neeti Wilson, Adv. Mr. Shrawan Chopra, Adv. Mr. Vibhab, Adv. Ms. Udita, Adv. Mr. Sanjeet Ranjan, Adv. Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, Adv. For M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chaitanya D. Mehta, Adv. Ms. Diya Kapur, Adv. Mr. Essenese Obhan, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Saket, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sugandha Batra, Adv. Mr. Raghav Anand, Adv. Ms. Neha Khanduri, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Feroz Ali, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jitendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Ram Krishna, Adv. Mr. Anuj Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Ritwik Sahay, Adv. Mr. Gunjan Singh, Adv. Ms. Neiteo Koza, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR Mr. Pranet Pranav, Adv. Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aniket Seth, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bommineni Vivekananda, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Viren Sibal, Adv. Mr. Varun Mathur, Adv. Mr. Amar Dave, Adv. Mr. P.S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Ms. Lekha G.V., AOR Anindita Mitra, AOR

JUDGMENT :

Navin Sinha, J.

Leave granted.

2. The appellants/plaintiffs in Civil Appeal Nos. 4616-4617 of 2018 instituted Civil Suit (Comm) No. 132 of 2016 seeking permanent injunction against the defendants from using the trademark “BOLGARD” and “BOLGARD II” brand cotton technology, violating the registered patent no. 214436 of the plaintiffs, and also to further restrain the defendants from selling and or using seeds/hybrid seeds bearing the patented technology, infringing the registered patent of the plaintiffs, along with rendition of accounts. The parties shall, for convenience, be referred to by their position in the original suit.

3. The plaintiffs pursuant to their patent rights had entered into a sub-licence agreement dated 21.02.2004 with the defendants for an initial period of ten years. The agreement entitled the defendants to develop “Genetically Modified Hybrid Cotton Planting Seeds” with help of the plaintiffs’ technology and to commercially exploit the same subject to the limitations prescribed in the agreement. The agreement also provided for payment of licence fee/trait value by the defendants, for use of the plaintiffs’ patented technology. The agreement after extensi

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2019 Supreme(SC) 26

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHAMonsanto Technology LLC Thru the Authorised Representative Ms. Natalia Voruz – AppellantVersusNuziveedu Seeds Ltd. Thru the Director – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA
Monsanto Technology LLC Thru the Authorised Representative Ms. Natalia Voruz – Appellant
Versus
Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. Thru the Director – Respondent