DR. G. SRINIVASAN Vs. M/S. VOLTAMP TRANSFORMERS LIMITED NO.8, 17TH AVENUE HARRINGTON ROAD, CHETPET, CHENNAI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The plaintiff has filed the present suit against defendants seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of plaintiff's Patent No.198725 and for damages, rendition of accounts, etc.

(2.) The brief case of the plaintiff are as follows: The plaintiff, who is an Engineer and has been awarded Doctorate from the International University of Contemporary Studies, Washington D.C., had innovated a novel concept of power distribution, wherein, the need of huge and costly transformer has been eliminated by his invention called midget transformer, which is smaller in size, easier to install and maintain and also reduces power wastage. His invention also employs star node circuit breakers' (SNCB), which substitute the costly and conventional switchgear in control applications.

(3.) The case of the defendants, in nutshell, is as follows: