have
not invested any money in purchase of genuine software,
even though use of such software is integral to their
business activities.
(b) That ... defendants violating their
copyrights by indulging in blatant end user piracy of their
software programs in the year 2003. The Hon‟ble Court
has granted
1076.11.odt
(j) The plaintiff has not filed the
software either in the trial Court or before this
Court and in the absence thereof ... well as defendants before this Court
about software indicated that there were several
clearly visible items showing piracy made by the
plaintiff and therefore, there
4917/2018, 4919/2018, 9732/2018
AND 16784/2018
UTV SOFTWARE
COMMUNICATIONS LTD. & ORS ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Saikrishna Rajagopal, Advocate
with Ms. Suhasini Raina ... physical world?
(B) Whether seeking blocking of a website dedicated to piracy makes
one an opponent of a free and open internet?
(C) What
VARs in connection with the Software Products in the
Territory.
2.3 List of Software Products, future Adobe Software
I.T.A. No.5433/Del/2011 ... Software
Product upon thirty (30) days prior notice to Distributor. If
Adobe discontinues a Software Product so that it becomes an
End of Life Software
disks,
n
diskettes, cartridges etc.,
Microsoft 430450 16 30.11.84 Computer hardware and
software manuals, computer
documentation etc.,
Microsoft 437500 9 9.5.85 Computer programs ... Plaintiff's
products, i.e., Software and Hardware, have has in fact resulted in large-
scale piracy and counterfeiting of the same in several
only world famous in
their respective software development domains but
are the largest and the biggest software companies in
the world. The global presence ... infringement of the copyright in their
computer programs. Piracy in respect of the Plaintiffs'
software programme causes grave injury to their
business interests
This Court, in UTV Software (supra) further held as under:
"29. It is important to realise that piracy reduces
jobs, exports and overall competitiveness ... designers, software and game designers-who
produce it and those who support its marketing,
distribution and end sales. Consequently, online
piracy has had a very
field of development of computer programmes (software) and the manufacture and sale of software, pre-recorded onto compact Disks, Floppy Disks and other electronic media ... resulted in large-scale counter feinting of hardware and piracy and illegal copying of software. On vigorous inquiry made by the agents of the plaintiff
protect its
Intellectual Property Rights and prevent piracy of its products. Software is a form of an IP Right and
Software licenses govern the usage ... Informant to purchase the appropriate software licenses. Further, discounts for OEM channels
are not unique to the software industry, the difference between the wholesale price
over the weekend engaged the services of two
professional anti-piracy agencies, viz., Aiplex Software Private
Limited and Markscan, with a mandate to analyse potentially
