Supreme Court of India

Dabur India Ltd. v. K.R. Industries

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Reported as [2008] 9 S.C.R. 652
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 16 May 2008

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From the headnote

Copyright Act, 1951 - ss.55, 62(1) - Trade Marks Act, 1947 - Two suits having different cause of action - Maintain­ ability of- Held: Not maintainable - Composite suit of infringe­ ment of copyright and passing off would thus not lie in the same forum - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - 0.2 r.3. The question which arose for consideration in the present appeal is whether the High Court was right in holding that the composite suit of infringement of copy- right and passing off would not lie in the same forum and that the relief for passing off is covered by decision of Supreme Court in *Dhodha

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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