https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197660 A statutory authority should ordinarily give due respect and weight to a prior decision of another competent authority on the same issue, unless that earlier decision is contrary to law, public policy, or morality. Applying the principle of comity, the Delhi HC noted that the Copyright Board failed to consider the Registrar of Trademarks' earlier rejection of the respondent's claim on deceptive similarity in relation to the wrapper, despite both bodies examining the same visual comparison. That omission was material, so the impugned order could not stand. The petition under Section 50 of the Copyright Act was allowed and the copyright entry in favour of the first respondent was directed to be expunged. en-us Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:07:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197660 A statutory authority should ordinarily give due respect and weight to a prior decision of another competent authority on the same issue, unless that earlier decision is contrary to law, public policy, or morality. Applying the principle of comity, the Delhi HC noted that the Copyright Board failed to consider the Registrar of Trademarks' earlier rejection of the respondent's claim on deceptive similarity in relation to the wrapper, despite both bodies examining the same visual comparison. That omission was material, so the impugned order could not stand. The petition under Section 50 of the Copyright Act was allowed and the copyright entry in favour of the first respondent was directed to be expunged. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197660