St. Regis Packaging(Pvt)Ltd. v. Ceylon Paper Sacks Ltd. – sllr 2001 volume 1 page 036

The case between St. Regis Packaging (Pvt) Ltd (plaintiff) and Ceylon Paper Sacks Ltd (defendant) addressed whether an assignee, upon recorded assignment, lawfully attains the status of “registered owner” with standing to seek an injunction under section 179 of the Code of Intellectual Property Act. The court further considered whether ongoing nullity proceedings relating to an industrial design or delay in invoking the High Court’s jurisdiction precluded interim injunctive relief. It was held that recorded assignments confer registered ownership upon the assignee, validating the right to seek injunctions under the statute. The court reaffirmed that continuing acts of infringement constitute fresh causes of action, rendering delay or parallel nullity proceedings irrelevant to injunctive re