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1. The present suit has been filed by two independent companies i.e. Adobe Systems Inc, USA, plaintiff No.1 and M/s. Microsoft Corporation, USA, Plaintiff No.2 for permanent injunction against the defendants restraining them from infringement of copyrights, trademarks, passing off, delivery up, rendition of accounts, damages etc. and the same is pending before this Court. Mr. Bharatvir Singh is the Constituted Attorney of the plaintiffs by virtue of a Letter of Authority in his favour.

(A)         MICROSOFT

a. Microsoft Office 97                       Rs. 15,000 per unit
b. Microsoft Windows 98                      Rs. 6,000 per unit
c. Microsoft Server SQL 7.0                  Rs. 35,000 per unit
d. Microsoft Project (various versions)      Rs. 16,000 per unit
e. Microsoft Windows 2000 server             Rs. 27,000 per unit
f. Microsoft Visio 2000                      Rs. 20,000 per unit
g. Microsoft Windows 2000 PRO                Rs. 7,000 per unit
h. Microsoft Exchange Server                 Rs. 36,000 per unit
   (various versions)
i. Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0               Rs. 50,000 per unit
j. Microsoft Windows NT server               Rs. 36,000 per unit

(B)         ADOBE

a.   Adobe Photoshop                         Rs. 25,000 per unit
b.   Adobe Pagemaker                         Rs. 25,000 per unit
c.   Adobe Acrobat                           Rs. 15,000 per unit
d.   Macromedia Dreamweaver                  Rs. 50,000 per unit
e.   Macromedia Flash                        Rs. 50,000 per unit
f.   Macromedia Fireworks                    Rs. 60,000 per unit

(b) that the plaintiffs caught the defendants violating their copyrights by indulging in blatant end user piracy of their software programs in the year 2002. The Hon‟ble Court has granted an ex parte ad interim injunction against the defendants on 9th April, 2002, restraning them from infringing the copyrights of the plaintiffs by using pirated/unlicensed software of the plaintiffs and infringing the plaintiffs‟ registered trademarks Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft etc. Keeping the Defendnts‟ conduct in view, it will be fair and justified to conservatively assume that the defendants were indulging in piracy of plaintiff‟s software programs on a large scale.

11. In Para No.9 of the affidavit, it is stated that the potential revenue that the plaintiffs could have earned if genuine software had been purchased by the defendants is computed as follows:-

Name of software Approx. Cost of No. of Approx.

                          licensed software       Computers      revenue            to
                                                 having pirated plaintiffs
                                                 versions
  Microsoft              Rs.6000/- per license   15             Rs.90,000

  (Standard)
  Microsoft              Rs.15000/- per unit     21                Rs.3,15,000
  Windows       Office
  (Standard)
  Microsoft Server       Rs.35,000/- per unit    2                 Rs.70,000
  SQL 7.0
  Microsoft Project      Rs.16,000/- per unit    4                 Rs.64,000
  (various versions)
  Microsoft              Rs.27,000/- per unit    5                 Rs.1,35,000/-
  Windows        2000
  Server
  Microsoft      Visio   Rs.20,000/- per unit    1                 Rs.20,000/-

  Microsoft              Rs.7,000/- per unit     3                 Rs.21,000/-
  Windows        2000
  PRO
  Microsoft              Rs.36,000/- per unit    1                 Rs.36,000/-
  Exchange Server
  (various versions)
  Microsoft Visual       Rs.50,000/- per unit    3                 Rs.1,50,000/-
  Studio 6.0
  Microsoft              Rs.36,000/- per unit    1                 Rs.36,000/-
  Windows NT 4.0
  Server
  Adobe       Acrobat    Rs.15,000/- per unit    3                 Rs.45,000/-
  (various versions)
  Adobe PageMaker        Rs.25,000/- per unit    3                 Rs.75,000/-
  (various versions)
  Adobe Photoshop        Rs.25,000/- per unit    6                 Rs.1,50,000/-
  (various versions)
  Macromedia             Rs.50,000/- per unit    3                 Rs.1,50,000/-
  Dreamweaver
  Macromedia             Rs.60,000/- per unit    2                 Rs.1,20,000/-
  Fireworks 3.0
  Macromedia Flash       Rs.50,000/- per unit    2                 Rs.1,00,000
  Total                                                            Rs.15,77,000