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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 15

Special provision regarding Copyright in designs registered or Capable of being registered under the 5*** 6[Designs

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Copyright Act, 1957 Section 15 is part of Copyright Act, 1957 - Special provision regarding Copyright in designs registered or Capable of being registered under the 5*** 6[Designs. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

16 of 2000)].—(1) Copyright shall not subsist under this Act in any design which is registered under the 5*** 6[Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000)]. (2) Copyright in any design, which is capable of being registered under the 5*** 6[Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000)], but which has not been so registered, shall cease as soon as any article to which the design has been applied has been reproduced more than fifty times by an industrial process by the owner of the copyright or, with his licence, by any other person.

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What does Copyright Act, 1957 Section 15 provide?

Section Section 15 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (Special provision regarding Copyright in designs registered or Capable of being registered under the 5*** 6[Designs) is reproduced on this page as part of the Copyright Act, 1957. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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