New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has restrained Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. from publishing or selling its red-and-black coat-pocket edition of the Constitution of India, after finding it "prima facie" similar to the same book published by Eastern Book Company.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the interim injunction on a suit filed by Eastern Book Company (EBC), saying both publications makes it "prima facie evident" that the Rupa's trade dress or design was "deceptively similar" to the one adopted by the EBC.

He said a tabular comparison presented by the EBC showed Rupa had entirely copied the layout of it's product without any independent creativity.

"To an unwary consumer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection, the trade dress of the defendant's impugned co

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