Copyright infringement suit over the film 'Lockdown' was closed after a settlement memo filed by counsel; no adjudication was made and no costs awarded.
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C.S(COMM DIV) No. 122 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 01-06-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 122 of 2026 and O.A.No.383 of 2026
LYCA Productions Private Limited Block B, 4th Floor, Vijayaraghava Road, T.Nagar, Chennai – 600 017 Represented by its Director Mr. Neelakant Narayanpur
..Plaintiff(s)
Vs
72, Gurumurthy Reddy Layout, Ramamurthy Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka-560 016 Email ID- [email protected] [email protected]
Google LLC, Unit No.26, The Executive Centre, Level 8, DLF Centre, Sanad Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110 001
..Respondent(s)
Prayer: Civil Suit filed under Order VII Rule 1 & 2 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of O.S. Rules, 1956 read with Sections 51, 55, 62 Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 read with Section 2(1)(C) (xvii) of Commercial Court Act and Section 7 of the Commercial Courts Act 2015 – Suit for Permanent Injunction for the infringement of Copyright, praying to:-
1.Grant permanent injunction, restraining the 1st Defendant his agents,
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servants, assigns, or any person claiming through or under him, from in any manner whatsoever using, reproducing, distributing, communicating to the public, uploading, streaming, exhibiting or otherwise exploiting the cinematographic work titled “Lockdown”, or any part thereof, including clips, extracts, or derivative works, on Youtube or any other digital, electronic or physical platform
3.Mandatory direction to 1st defendant to permanently delete and destroy all storage files, copies, backups, and material relating to the infringing content and / or the film and remove and disable all such from platforms under the 1st defendant’s control;
4.Directing the 1st defendant to render Account of profits made by them by the use of the Alleged film “Lockdown” and decree of the suit for the profits found to have been made by the 1st defendant, after the 1st defendant has rendered accounts;
5.Directing the 1st defendant to pay to the plaintiff the costs of the suit;
For Plaintiff : Ms.Hemasrinivasan
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JUDGMENT
The learned counsel appearing for the plaintiff had filed a memo, indicating that the matter had been settled between the parties and therefore, seeks to pass necessary orders.
suit and accordingly, the suit stands closed and consequently, connected application is also closed. No costs.
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Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No
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4 provisions across 4 enactments
LYCA Productions Private Limited
Ravi Verma (RG Entertainment)
YouTube
K.Kumaresh Babu
As recorded by the court registry
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