The High Court of Madras dismissed the plaintiff's copyright infringement suit as withdrawn by the plaintiff's counsel with the court's permission, closing related applications without costs.
Suit dismissed as withdrawn. Connected applications closed. No costs.
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C.S. (Comm.Div.) No.268 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 30.11.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
C.S. (Comm.Div.) No.268 of 2023 and O.A. Nos.936 and 937 of 2023
Dream Warrior Pictures, represented by its Authorised Signatory Benin Selvam .. Plaintiff
/versus/
10.AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd.
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11.Peak Air Pvt. Ltd.
12.Knet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
13.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited
14.Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited
15.Joister Infoserve Private Limited
16.Ready Link Internet Service Limited
17.Nettlinx Limited
19.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited
20.Dawn Supports Private Limited
21.Thalainagar Digital Cables (P) Ltd.
22.Cable Cast New Media Pvt. Ltd.
23.C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd.
24.Team 5 Network
25.SND Satellite Vision
26.Star Vision Cable TV Network .. Defendants
Prayer: Civil Suit has been filed under Order VII Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and Order IV, Rule 1 of the Original Side Rules, 1956 read with Sections 51, 52, 55, 61(1) & 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial 2/4
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Courts Act, Commercial Division - Suit for permanent injunction for the infringement of Copyright to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms:
a)a permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 20 and other known and unknown persons/entities from infringing the cinematographic film "JAPAN" and said work be directed to block all websites/web pages including websites mentioned in Schedule hosting contents that relate to plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film "JAPAN" in any manner, thereby restraining the unauthorised copying, transmission, communication or make available or display or release or show or upload or download or exhibit or play and/or in any manner communicate in and/or through their services immediate of receipt of details of such infringing websites/web pages in writing;
b)a permanent injunction restraining the defendants 21-26 from infringing the cinematographic film "JAPAN" by themselves, their partners/proprietor/directors, heirs, representatives, successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone claiming through them or under them from infringing the plaintiff's copyrighted cinematographic film "JAPAN" by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing cam-cording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or releasing or showing or uploading or downloading or exhibiting or playing and/or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film "JAPAN" and said work without a proper licence from the plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate/infringe the plaintiff's copyrighted
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cinematographic film "JAPAN" through different mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, VCD, cable TV, Direct to home services, internet services, multimedia messaging services, pen drives, hard drives, tapes, DAS, Satellite, Conditional Access Systems or in any other medium/manner whatsoever;
c)for costs of the suit.
For Plaintiff : Mr.A.Murali
J U D G M E N T
Learned counsel for the plaintiff, who has appeared through Video
Conferencing seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this suit. He has also made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle.
After recording the endorsement made by the learned counsel for
the plaintiff, this Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. Consequently,
connected applications are closed. No costs.
30.11.2023
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Dream Warrior Pictures
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
Bharati Airtel Limited
Vodafone Idea Limited
Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited
Abdul Quddose
As recorded by the court registry
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