Education — India Copyright Cases
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Addala Sitamahalakshmi v.State Of Andhra Pradesh
The petitioner, a publishing house, challenged G.O.Rt.No.858 dated 09.11.2010, which restricted book printing rights to one entity (Respondent No.4), leading to an inspection and seizure of the petitioner's books. The petitioner argued that their business was being unfairly targeted and that non-literary scientific books are not protected by copyright.
M/S. Navneet Education Ltd. v.M/s. Balsam Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
Navneet Education Ltd. filed a suit seeking permanent and mandatory injunction and damages against Balsam Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., alleging infringement of copyright in its educational materials, specifically 'GRAFALCO Pre-School Numbers (1 to 100)'. The court examined the similarities between the two books but ultimately found that the content lacked originality and was not a substantial copy.
M/s. New Rubric Solutions LLP v.Pearson India Education Services Private Limited
The plaintiff, M/s. New Rubric Solutions LLP, filed a suit alleging that the defendant, Pearson India Education Services Private Limited, infringed its intellectual property rights by using and misrepresenting the test results of its assessment product 'Kaleido' in the defendant's product 'MyPedia'. The court found in favor of the plaintiff.
Sorting Hat Technologies Private Limited v.Fermat Education and Ors
The appeal challenged a judgment that dismissed applications filed by Sorting Hat Technologies Private Limited to vacate an interim injunction granted to Fermat Education and Ors. The High Court set aside the impugned order, noting that the plaintiffs failed to file a complete transcript of the alleged copyrighted content in the plaint.
M/S Ravinder Singh & Sons v.M/S Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd & Anr.
The appeal challenged an interim injunction restraining M/S Ravinder Singh & Sons from publishing ICSE Class-X Examination Question Papers. The respondent had purchased the copyrights for these papers, and the court found that the appellant's publication was a near reproduction of the copyrighted material, including answers, thus constituting infringement.
The Chancellor Masters & Scholars Of The University of Oxford v.Narendera Publishing House And Ors.
The plaintiff, a publisher, alleged that the defendants infringed its copyright by reproducing contents from its academic mathematics textbooks in guide books. The plaintiff sought an interim injunction to restrain this infringement. However, the court found that while the plaintiffs' texts lacked step-by-step solutions, the defendants' guides provided them, making their work 'transformative' and amounting to a 'review' under Section 52(1)(a)(ii) of the Act.
Pearson Education Inc. v.Prentice Hall Of India Pvt. Ltd. And Ors.
The plaintiff, Pearson Education Inc., sought an interim injunction restraining the defendant, Prentice Hall Of India Pvt. Ltd., from publishing or selling books for which the plaintiff held copyright, alleging breach of trust and non-payment of royalties following the termination of a collaboration agreement. The court noted that the entire litigation was complex and intertwined with prior orders in other suits.
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