1. CS (Comm) 539/20231 stands filed by the respondent against
the appellant before this Court, alleging that the appellant had
infringed the respondent’s copyright and trade mark and had sought to
pass off its mark as those of the respondent. Based on these
1 “the suit” hereinafter
allegations, the respondent has, in the suit, sought a permanent
injunction against use, by the appellant, of the allegedly infringing
mark/logo.
2. The respondent filed, with the suit, IA 14723/2023 under Order
XXXIX of the CPC2 seeking an interlocutory injunction restraining
the appellant, pending disposal of the suit, from using the allegedly
infringing mark/logo. The appellant filed IA 20814/2023, seeking
return of the plaint on the ground that it was bad for want of territorial
jurisdiction.
