The Hindu Business Line : First case filed under cyberlaw

A BANGALORE - BASED company has filed the first case for damages by way of compensation under Indian Cyberlaw ever since the Indian Information Technology Act came into effect in the year 2000.

The case has been filed by Antares Systems Ltd against C1 India Pvt Ltd and four others under Section 43 and 46 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

The case has been filed and is pending before Mr Prakash Kumar, Adjudicating Officer under the IT Act, 2000 and Special Secretary (IT), Government of NCT of Delhi, according to Mr Pavan Duggal, the advocate specialising in Cyberlaw. Mr Duggal is representing Antares Systems in the case.

Antares Systems, which operates in the electronic tendering product space, has alleged that C1 India violated copyright and intellectual property rights and sought Rs 25 lakh as damages and an interest thereon at the rate of 24 per cent annually.

Antares also charged the respondents with developing an e-tendering solution by copying the essential features of its product, `Tender Wizard.'

The respondents collaborated with Antares to jointly bid as a consortium for the e-procurement initiative of the Andhra Pradesh Government, it is alleged. During the preparation period, the complainant, on the insistence of the respondents, had shared the user ID and password of Tender Wizard for the purpose of online evaluation of the same.

However, the respondents, after successfully bidding for the e-procurement initiative of Andhra Pradesh Government, dumped the Antares Systems, it is alleged.

The case will now come up for hearing on August 13, Mr Duggal said.

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