Civil suit filed for permanent injunction and damages for copyright infringement of software was withdrawn by the plaintiff with permission of the Court. The suit was dismissed as withdrawn with no order as to costs.
Suit dismissed as withdrawn; no order as to costs.
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Civil Suit No.568 of 2016
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated : 06.06.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN
Civil Suit No. 568 of 2016
Wintlt Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Rep.by its Authorised Signatory Mr.Sundharakkumar Ramachandran Having its registered Office at : 61, 5th Cross Street 2nd Floor, Logaiah Colony Saligramam, Chennai – 600 093. ... Plaintiff
Vs.
1. Esakkimuthu
1/5
Civil Suit No.568 of 2016
Represented by its Managing Director Having its Registered Office at : Dwarakapuri, Punjagutta Hyderabad, Telangana – 500 082.
.. Defendants
Prayer:-
Civil Suit has been filed under Sections 55 and 62 of the Indian Copyrights Act, 1957 read with Order IV Rule 1 of High Court Original Side Rules, 1956 and Order VII Rule 1 Civil Procedure Code, prays for judgment and decree :
a) for a permanent injunction restraining the defendants jointly and severally and their respective officers, agents, servants, employees, power of attorneys, successors, licensees, partners and assigns and all persons acting in participation with each or any of them from directly or indirectly infringing in any manner by making reproduction of the plaintiff's copyright in its Source Code of MerchantRMS v4 which is engaged in detection and prevention of Online Card Not Present (CNP) transactions, in the form of the infringed product of the defendants Threatscale or the repeat infringed product of the defendants Certi5d or any other version or any other infringed device which are absolutely identical and similar to the said software of the plaintiff.
b) for a mandatory injunction to terminate and lapse the service
Civil Suit No.568 of 2016
provided by the defendants in respect of the infringing products of the defendants Threatscale or the repeat infringed product of the defendants Certi5d or any other version or any other infringed device to the clients, customers, patrons, regulars, consumers of the defendants which are infringed replications of the plaintiff software MerchantRMS v4 which is engaged in detection and prevention of Online Card Not Present (CNP) transactions.
c) the defendants be ordered to pay the plaintiff a sum of Rs.1,00,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore only) as damages for committing acts of infringement of the copyright of the plaintiff in its software MerchantRMS v4.
d) for costs of the suit.
For Plaintiffs : Mr. P.Mohan Kumar For Defendants : Mr.S.B.Viswanathan for D1
D2 to D4 – set ex-parte
J U D G M E N T
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The learned counsel appearing for plaintiffs sought permission of
this Court to withdraw the present civil suit and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.
06.06.2024
Index: Yes/No Speaking Order : Yes/No Neutral Citation Case : Yes/No ms
To The Sub-Assistant Registrar, Original Side, High Court, Madras.
P.VELMURUGAN, J
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C.S.No.568 of 2016
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