{"id":28218,"date":"2026-07-28T05:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=28218"},"modified":"2026-07-28T05:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:58:37","slug":"indian-performing-rights-society-ltd-v-sanjay-dalia-2015-supreme-court-clarifies-territorial-jurisdiction-in-copyright-trademark-infringement-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/indian-performing-rights-society-ltd-v-sanjay-dalia-2015-supreme-court-clarifies-territorial-jurisdiction-in-copyright-trademark-infringement-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd. v. Sanjay Dalia (2015): Supreme Court Clarifies Territorial Jurisdiction in Copyright & Trademark Infringement Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The question of where athe Tradentiff can sue for infringement of copyright or trademark has always carried immense practical significance for litigants across India. Parliament, recognising the hardship faced by authors and trademark owners who had to travel long distances to vindicate their rights, inserted special provisions in the Copyright Act and the Trade Marks Act allowing suits to be filed at the place where the plaintiff resides or carries on business. However, this beneficial provision came to be misused by large corporations who, despite having their principal place of business and the cause of action arising at one location, chose to file suits at distant places merely because they maintained a branch office there. This judgement of the Supreme Court addresses this precise mischief and lays down an important interpretative principle balancing the convenience of the plaintiff with the need to avoid undue hardship to the defendant.<\/p>

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