Copyright Not Applicable To "Common Sense"

Bharat Matrimony Com. P. Ltd., a pioneer in providing matrimonial services, created a system; "Assured Contact Phone Verification Service", and was the owner and proprietor of the copyright in the system, inbuilt in their website. They spent several lakhs developing and implementing the unique feature which has became synonymous with their website bharatmatrimony.com.

People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd., proprietors of the website. "My Contact Details", is a direct competitor of Bharat Matrimony, offering identical features to customers. Bharat Matrimony alleged People Interactive to have lavishly copied the features of the applicant, which was conceptualized by them, and the implementation of the same by People Interactive mislead the public. In this pursuance, Bharat Matrimony filed a suit for temporary injunction. The counsel for Bharat Matrimony in the course of proceedings submitted that the People Interactive had hijacked the core concept of the system development