India’s stringent Copyright laws prove costly to the common man!!!

Were you someone who liked to get memory cards and pendrives from the market at throwaway prices? And I am sure you were really lucky. But not anymore!!!.

Worried about the growing counterfeit market, the US company, SanDisk, after setting up their operations in India, filed a case before the Delhi High Court in 2015 against infringement of their registered trademark  and copyright in their flagship product, SanDisk memory cards. They filed the case naming the opposite party, the infringer as John Doe, a practise followed by litigants when they are unsure whom you are up against or who is violating your rights.

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