https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108251 Calcutta HC held that interim copyright restraint requires a clear prima facie case of substantial copying of protected expression, not merely a shared theme, stock characters, or other broad similarities; on the limited material available, no such case was shown and the injunction could not stand. The Court also treated nondisclosure of the earlier Bombay proceedings and related facts as material suppression that misled the Court and justified denial of ex parte interim relief. On balance of convenience, the respondents' investment and commitments in the television serial outweighed the unproven allegation of infringement, so the bank guarantee direction was also lifted. en-us Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:43:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108251 Calcutta HC held that interim copyright restraint requires a clear prima facie case of substantial copying of protected expression, not merely a shared theme, stock characters, or other broad similarities; on the limited material available, no such case was shown and the injunction could not stand. The Court also treated nondisclosure of the earlier Bombay proceedings and related facts as material suppression that misled the Court and justified denial of ex parte interim relief. On balance of convenience, the respondents' investment and commitments in the television serial outweighed the unproven allegation of infringement, so the bank guarantee direction was also lifted. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108251