Chemical — India Trade-secret Cases
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The Bhor Chemicals And Plastics Private Ltd v.Amol K Patil & Anr
The Plaintiff filed a suit seeking protection of its confidential information and proprietary industrial technology/trade secrets, alleging that Defendant No. 1 (a former employee) stole samples and passed on this confidential information to Defendant No. 2. The court heard the interim application for ad-interim reliefs.
Mr. Hemant Bandodkar v.Vertellus Speciality Materials (India) Pvt.Ltd.
The court disposed of two interim applications by consent. The primary order mandated the appointment of a Local Commissioner, appointed by IIT Bombay, to inspect Defendant No.1's plant and document its manufacturing process layout and machinery, which is claimed to be confidential proprietary information/trade secret. Additionally, the application seeking condonation of delay in filing a Written Statement was allowed.
Piramal Enterprises Limited v.Chemiloids and others
The dispute concerns the alleged unauthorized use of confidential information, specifically a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), by Chemiloids and others in the process of extracting SI containing X-X% of 7-HF. The court appointed the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, as an Expert Commissioner to compare the processes used by both parties.
Tapas Kanti Mandal v.Cosmo Films Ltd.
The petitioner, a former employee of Cosmo Films Ltd., challenged an injunction granted by the trial court restraining him from working in competing businesses after his resignation. The plaintiff company relied on a non-compete clause and confidentiality agreements regarding trade secrets and proprietary knowledge. The High Court ruled that post-service negative restrictive covenants are generally not enforceable, favoring the petitioner's right to profession.
Sh. P.C. Roy and Smt. Samita Roy v.The Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Government of India; The General Manager, Ordnance Factory, Ministry of Defence, Government of India; M/s S & S Chemical Works
The plaintiffs, who developed a Thermo Reactive Plastic foam Resin based on phenol formaldehyde compositions, sued the Ministry of Defence and M/s S & S Chemical Works for violating their trade secrets. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants leaked this confidential information to defendant no. 3, allowing it to manufacture similar goods. The court found that the plaintiffs successfully proved the leakage of trade secrets but failed to prove the issue regarding rendition of accounts.
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