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TMI Blog2006 (11) TMI 583X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ct, and penalty of Rs. 100 for every day under section 76 of the Act not exceeding the amount of service tax amount payable, imposing penalty of Rs. 1,000 under section 77 and imposing penalty of Rs. 73,47,984 under section 78 of the Act, the appellant seeks interim stay of the impugned order. The learned authorised representative for the appellant contended that what was agreed to between the parties was not rendering of any service but it was transfer of technical know-how. The learned authorised representative placed reliance on the decision of this Tribunal in Commissioner of Central Excise, Indore v. Pinnacle Industries Ltd. reported in [2006] 3 STT 324, more particularly on paragraph 4 of the judgment in which it was observed that, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... were necessary for the manufacture and development of the licensed products and processes for such manufacture. The term patent rights was also defined and the licensed products were described in annexure I to the agreement. The licence was granted to enable the licensee to manufacture, assemble, use and sell licensed products and for that purpose to use the know-how , the inventions covered by the patent rights, the improvement of licensor communicated to licensee and any confidential information of licensor communicated to licensee, which were collectively described as IP Rights in clause 2.1 of agreement. Consideration for the licence and know-how was provided in clause 2.2. The royalty was also to be charged in respect of the licen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the subsistence of the agreement under clause 3.6, and the licensee undertook not to pass the documents and information to third parties without the prior consent of the licensor. Clause 5 dealt with trademarks and patents, which are clear instances of intellectual property. Under the said clause ownership of patent, trade marks and trade name was retained with the licensor. Under clause 6.3, the licensor was entitled to inspect the licensed products manufactured by the licensee. Under clause 12, the agreement was to be treated as strictly confidential and it was also provided that technical data and know-how were not to be disclosed to any person, except to employees, etc. On going through the various clauses of the agreement it, pri ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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