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Relevant Acts and provisions
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Section Order XXXIX Rule 1Section Order XXXIX Rule 2
Patents Act, 1970
Provisions considered: Section 48 of the Patents Act, 1970, read with Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Brief facts
Communication Components Antenna Inc., holder of an Indian patent for asymmetrical beam antenna technology, sued Ace Technologies and its Indian distributors for infringement through the sale of telecom sector antennas. The plaintiff compared publicly available beam patterns of the defendants' products against its patent claims and sought an interim injunction pending trial.
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Keywords
Adverse Inference Claim Construction Interim Injunction Patent Infringement Purposive Construction
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