In a suit for patent infringement the Delhi High Court restrained the Defendants (ZTT India Pvt. Ltd. ) from infringing Patent numbers 241433 and/or 280211 relating to optical fibres till the next date of hearing.

The suit for infringement was filed by Sterlite technologies Pvt. Ltd. against ZTT India Pvt. Ltd. for Patent numbers 241433 and/or 280211. The Plaintiffs argued that the technical parameters of the Optical fibres of the Defendants are the same as that of the Patentee and the same cannot be arrived at without use of Patentee’s technology.

The Hon’ble Court held that the Patents have a limited life and time for determination of infringement is long. The Court also held that in such long time infringer would have reaped substantial benefits from such infringement, more so, because they have not borne the cost of innovation.

The court therefore held that an interim arrangement is necessary in infringement cases. In view of the same, the Ld. Court passed an interim order restraining the defendants from infringing patent numbers 241433 and/or 280211 till the next date of hearing.