Trace Your Case

ISSUE:

Whether there are similarities between the two contended marks and do they create confusion

Whether the Defendant's mark violates the copyright of the Plaintiff?

Whether there was a misuse of confidential information or not?

RULE:

The Principle of Confidentiality, ensued in Article 21 of the Constitution under the Right to Privacy, and under the Information Technology Act 2000, states that when information is disclosed to a third party or used without the data owner's permission, he is entitled to take legal action on the account of loss or damage incurred as a result of the same.

Section 51 and Section 13 of the Copyright Act 1957 also state that an idea is not protected by a copyright, it only becomes a copyright when the idea is embodied in a tangible form.

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