DELHI HIGH COURT RESTRAINED SANDOZ, GOLA SIZZLERS FROM PLAYING SOUND RECORDINGS OF PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LTD; COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

The Delhi High Court in the case Phonographic Performance Limited v. Galo Sizzlers Private Limited and Ors and other connected matters observed and has temporarily restrained Sandoz and Gola Sizzlers from playing the sound recordings of Phonographic Performance Limited in the latter’s suit wherein it alleged copyright infringement by the two food outlets

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The bench headed by Justice C Hari Shankar in the case observed and has stated that a case for grant of exparte ad-interim injunction is made out against the two food outlets.

The said court is also bound another food outlet Tim Hortons by the statement made by its counsel that it is not playing, nor would play, any of the sound recordings forming part of the Phonographic Performance Limited’s repertoire, without a license.

In the present case, the copyright infringement suit has been filed by the Phonographic Performance Limited against the three food outlets wherein it claimed that they were playing its sound recordings without obtaining any license.