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ARTICLE · 13 MAY 2011

Permanent Injunction For Use Of Pirated Computer Softwares

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In the case of Autodesk, Inc. & Another v. Prashant Deshmukh & Others ( 2011 (46) PTC 38 (Del.) , the Delhi High Court, granted permanent injunction and punitive damages in favour of Autodesk, Inc. & Another(the Plaintiffs), thereby restraining Prashant Deshmukh & Others (the Defendants) from using the pirated/unlicensed software of the Plaintiff’s company.

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Sonam Lhamu Bhutia
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In the case of Autodesk, Inc. & Another v. Prashant Deshmukh & Others ( 2011 (46) PTC 38 (Del.), the Delhi High Court, granted permanent injunction and punitive damages in favour of Autodesk, Inc. & Another(the Plaintiffs), thereby restraining Prashant Deshmukh & Others (the Defendants) from using the pirated/unlicensed software of the Plaintiff's company.

The Plaintiffs are registered companies in the U.S.A. Plaintiff No 1 is a design software and digital content company which provides design software to make, manage and market designs for hotels, motorways, office buildings and lifts, etc to professionals all over the world including India, and also has large resellers in India. Plaintiff No.2 owns softwares such as Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office and additionally produces a large range of computer peripherals. It has a subsidiary company in India with its office in New Delhi.

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