Bombay High Court (HC) has stayed the order of the City Civil Court after the court granted ‘ex-parte injunction’ to Medical Joyworks against Unacademy and PrepLadder in the plagiarism row
PrepLadder told the HC that neither did Medical Joyworks give notice to PrepLadder before the hearing nor did the intellectual property matters fall under the jurisdiction of the Bombay City Civil Court
Medical Joyworks had alleged that PrepLadder has plagiarised Medical Joyworks’s Prognosis application and other property
In a case filed by Sri Lankan startup Medical Joyworks against Indian edtech unicorn Unacademy and its medical test-prep subsidiary, PrepLadder alleging plagiarism, the Bombay City Civil Court had granted “ex-parte injunction” to Medical Joyworks restricting the use of PrepLadder app and website.
An Unacademy spokesperson told Inc42 that the startup was reviewing relevant documents and working on the next course of action. In a turn of events, Bombay High Court on Friday (September 24, 2021) stayed the order of the civil court, as legal counsel appearing for PrepLadder alleged that the lower court’s order was “completely erroneous” since the civil judge had passed it without jurisdiction.