Court permitted an application by an applicant/plaintiff to combine causes of action regarding trademark infringement, copyright, and passing off into a single suit, as the evidence for all three was common.
Permission to combine causes of action for trademark infringement, copyright, and passing off into a single suit.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
(ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION)
TUESDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF MARCH 2021
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN
A.No.3254 of 2020 in C.S. No.410 of 2020 M/s.Y.V.Seshachalam & Co., A partnership firm represented by its Partner Mr.Y.V.Niranjan Krishna No.138, Audiappa Street, Chennai-600 001. ...Applicant/Plaintiff -Versus1.M/s.Sathyam Agro Products, Sennimalaipalayam, Kangeyam Road, Tirupur-641 606. 2.M/s.Rasi Stores, No.46-A, Old Market Street, Tirupur-641 604 Coimbatore Dist. ...Respondents/Defendants A.No.3254 of 2020:
Application praying that this Hon'ble Court be pleased to permit the Applicant/Plaintiff to combine the cause of action for infringement of Trademark, copyright and passing off and file a combined suit before this https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Hon Hon'ble Court pending disposal of the suit.
2
This Application coming on this day before this court for hearing the
court made the following order:
This application has been filed seeking to combine the causes of action with respect to infringement of trademark, copyright and passing off.
2.Since the evidence on which all the three facts have to be examined is common, permission is granted to combine the causes of action. Hence, this application is allowed.
JJ 09/03/2021 COURT OFFICER(O.S.) From 25th day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the applicant/plaintiff can be permitted to combine causes of action for infringement of trademark, copyright, and passing off in a single suit.
M/s.Y.V.Seshachalam & Co.
M/s.Sathyam Agro Products
M/s.Rasi Stores
C.V.Karthikeyan
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
