Court: High Court of Delhi Decided on: 1 July 1996 Presiding Judge: Justice R.C. Lahoti Citation: 1996 (38) DRJ 81 Background The plaintiff, Rupendra Kashyap, proprietor of M/S Som Sudha Prakashan, was appointed exclusive licensee of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), defendant No. 3, by written agreement dated 2 July 1991. Under this
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Copyright law grants its beneficiaries a bundle of exclusive rights. The value of those rights depends entirely on the law’s willingness and capacity to enforce them. A copyright that cannot be enforced against infringers is an entitlement without practical substance it defines what the rights holder is entitled to do with their work but provides
Copyright law is not just a technical subject of law it is a law that protects creativity and imagination. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957 along with the Copyright Rules, 2013 provides a proper legal system to protect the rights of authors. Over the years through various amendments like of 1994 and 2012, the Act
Copyright law is not merely a technical branch of statutory interpretation; it is the architecture that protects imagination. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957, together with the Copyright Rules, 2013, represents a carefully constructed legal framework designed to recognize, secure and enforce the rights of authors. Over decades of legislative amendments-particularly in 1994 and 2012-the
Supreme Court of India | Decided: 21 February 1984 Civil Appeal Nos. 3216–3218 of 1983 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy, Hon’ble Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah & Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.B. Misra Citation: AIR 1984 SC 667 | 1984 SCR (2) 664 | (1984) 2 SCC 534 Background The Gramophone Company of India Limited
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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 23 January 2009 Civil Appeal No. 389 of 2008 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 15612 of 2008) Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta & Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Citation: (2009) 4 SCC 256 | AIR 2009 SC 1982 | 2009
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