A Business, as we know, have their own Trademarks, Data Protection, Intellectual Property, patents, design, copyright, Layout Design of Integrated Circuits, intellectual property personal data protection, fully backed up by respective legislations.
Any infringements can be sued by the Company as petitioners against the violators before the appropriate courts. Here, one needs to identify the violator and file a case against such a person with appropriate evidence supported by documentary proof. To identify and locate the violator, many times, it is not always easy and difficult.
All Business Managers need to be aware of this principle, which has been adopted by several courts in India.
‘John Doe’ has its origin in the reign of England’s King Edward III, when the orders were used to refer to an unidentifiable defendant. Oxford Dictionary defines John Doe as an “Anonymous Party”.
This order is like a shield for creators’ intellectual property rights, especially in cases where the infringers involved are unidentified....
