Landmark Judgements on Copyrights

Importantly judicial pronouncements under the copyright act

Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. v. Eastern India Motion Pictures Association & Ors.

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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 14 March 1977 Civil Appeal No. 967 of 1974 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jaswant Singh & Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Citation: AIR 1977 SC 1443 | (1977) 2 SCC 820 | [1977] 3 SCR 206 Background The Indian Performing Right Society Limited, universally known in the Indian

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Syndicate of the Press of the University of Cambridge v. B.D. Bhandari & Anr.

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(RFA (OS) No. 21 of 2009) with The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford v. Narendra Publishing House & Ors. (FAO (OS) No. 458 of 2008) High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 3 August 2011 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kait Reportable Background

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Krishika Lulla & Ors. v. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta & Anr.

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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 15 October 2015 Criminal Appeal No. 258 of 2013 with Criminal Appeal No. 259 of 2013 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.A. Bobde & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur Reportable Background The respondent No. 1, Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta, claimed copyright in a synopsis of a story he had written

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Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Parag Sanghavi & Ors.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 24 August 2015 CS (OS) 1892/2006 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan Singh Background The plaintiffs, Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and its co-plaintiff, are private limited companies engaged in the business of producing, exhibiting and distributing cinematograph films. The plaintiffs claimed to be the copyright

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The Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford & Ors. v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services & Ors.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 9 December 2016 RFA (OS) 81/2016 Bench: Division Bench Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yogesh Khanna Background The appellants (plaintiffs before the learned Single Judge) were five academic publishers: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press (UK), Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.,

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Saregama India Limited vs. Next Radio Limited & Ors

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Supreme Court of India | Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud & B.V. Nagarathna JJ. | 27 September 2021 Civil Appeal Nos. 5985-5990 of 2021 Background Section 31D was inserted into the Copyright Act, 1957 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012 (brought into force on 21 June 2012). It creates a statutory licensing regime for broadcasting organisations that

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