Khwaja Flat Glass Case Summary

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Summary Facts: The Plaintiff of the case, Mr. Khawaja Tahir Jamal is the owner of the Khwaja Flat Glass Industries (Private) Limited. He said that he and his company held the patent of a novel process for producing and manufacturing sheet glass with the help of the float glass technology. The Plaintiff had filed a suit against AR Rehman Glass which was a rival company, on the basis, that they had an intention to infringe or had already infringed their patent by setting up a float glass unit. So, the Plaintiff had demanded an injunction that would restrain the Defendant from infringing their patent by either producing, selling or using the Plaintiff’s innovation as their own. This suit was contested by the Defendant and they alleged that the …show more content…

The defendant said that the plaintiff, Khawaja Jamal had obtained the patentee through fraud and misrepresentation and this technology is not something new and not the invention of Khawaja Jamal. The UK patent is exactly copied by Pakistan so the plaintiff has no right over the patent. The issue was whether the plaintiff has any rights in the patent and was the patent was correctly granted or Khawaja Jamal got the patent through fraud or …show more content…

The Plaintiff’s claim over the patent was also guaranteed over the fact that there was no such evidence provided to the court by the Defendant which showed that the floating glass technology was available before the works or invention of Khawaja

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