https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171087 Section 62(2) of the Copyright Act was construed as a special forum provision departing from the general territorial rule in Section 20 CPC, giving a copyright owner the choice to sue where it actually and voluntarily resides or carries on business. The court held that this choice is not limited to business connected with the specific goods alleged to be infringing. On the facts, the plaintiff carried on business in Delhi through Indian distributors and collaborators, so territorial jurisdiction was available. The objection to jurisdiction was therefore rejected at the threshold stage, and the plaint could not be rejected on that ground. en-us Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:45:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171087 Section 62(2) of the Copyright Act was construed as a special forum provision departing from the general territorial rule in Section 20 CPC, giving a copyright owner the choice to sue where it actually and voluntarily resides or carries on business. The court held that this choice is not limited to business connected with the specific goods alleged to be infringing. On the facts, the plaintiff carried on business in Delhi through Indian distributors and collaborators, so territorial jurisdiction was available. The objection to jurisdiction was therefore rejected at the threshold stage, and the plaint could not be rejected on that ground. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171087