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Nov 28 1996 (SC)

Anuj Kumar Dey and anr. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996IXAD(SC)298; [1997(75)FLR173]; JT1996(10)SC679; 1996(8)SCALE659; (1997)1SCC366; [1996]Supp9SCR269

..... merits of the case, it will be necessary to refer to the relevant provisions of the navy act, 1957 and also to some of the regulations framed under the said act:the navy act, 1957chapter - ipreliminary3. in this act, unless the context otherwise requires.-.(16) 'officer' means a commissioned officer and includes a subordinate officer ..... by commission granted by the president. subordinate officers may be 'appointed' in the prescribed manner, but the sailors are 'enrolled' in the navy. the chapter heading is commissions, appointments and enrolments. section 13 lays down that every officer and every sailor shall, as soon as may be possible after appointment or enrolment ..... the navy (pension) regulations, 1964'. 'service' has been defined in regulation 2(1) to mean 'service in the indian navy.' chapter iii of the regulations deals with sailors. in this chapter, regulation 69(2) deals with service pension and gratuity of the sailors, regulation 78 lays down, 'unless otherwise provided, the minimum .....

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May 16 2008 (SC)

Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. Vs. Super Cassette Industries Ltd.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2008(4)ALD47(SC); 2008(5)BomCR719; JT2008(7)SC11; LC2008(2)129; 2008(37)PTC353(SC); 2008(9)SCALE69; 2008AIRSCW6698; 2008(4)Supreme98; 2008(11)SCALE170; 2008(4)LH(SC)2638; 2008AIRSCW6698; 2008(4)LH(SC)2638

..... which, therefore, arise for consideration in these appeals are:(i) whether the copyright board has jurisdiction under section 31(1)(b) of the copyright act, 1957 to direct the owner of a copyright in any indian work or a registered copyright society to issue compulsory licences to broadcast such as works, where such work ..... not be deemed to be published or performed in public.28. chapter ii of the act deals with copyright office and copyright board. section 11 provides for the provisions relating to `copyright board'. chapter iii deals with `copyright'.29. section 13 provides for subsistence of copyright throughout india in the classes of works specified therein, which includes ..... a specific legislation unlike some other jurisdiction. it may, however, be of some importance to note that chapter vii deals with copyright society, the concept whereof was incorporated in the act so as to enable an author to commercially exploit his intellectual property by a widespread dispersal in a regulated .....

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Dec 12 2007 (SC)

Eastern Book Company and ors. Vs. D.B. Modak and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2008SC809; 2008(2)ALD1(SC); 2008(56)BLJR181; (2008)1CALLT69(SC); (2008)1CompLJ1(SC); 2008(1)JKJ41[SC]; LC2008(1)56; (2008)1MLJ361(SC); 2008(36)PTC1(SC); 2007(14)SCALE1; 2008AIRSCW49; AIR2008SC809; 2008(1)SCC1; 2008(1)LH(SC)179; 2008(2)ICC206; 2008(4)KCCRSN237

..... be required in a derivative work to treat it the original work of an author and thereby giving a protected right under the copyright act, 1957 to the author of the derivative work and (2) whether the entire version of the copy-edited text of the judgments ..... case was whether the question papers are `original literary work and come within the purview of section 13 of the copyright act, 1957. it was urged that no copyright can exist in examination papers because they are not original literary work . it was held that the original literary works ..... , 12-b, 12-c and 12-d of the central excises and salt act, 1944 sections 11-b and 11-d in chapter ii and sections 12-a, 12-b, 12-c and 12-d in chapter ii-a are now to be considered: 11b. claim for refund of duty ..... page: scope of sections 11b, 11d, 12a, 12b, 12c and 12d of the central excise act, 1944 sections 11b and 11d in chapter ii and sections 12a, 12b, 12c and 12d in chapter ii-a are now to be considered:- 11b. claim for refund of duty (1) any .....

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Aug 20 1996 (SC)

State of A.P. Vs. Nagoti Venkataramana

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996VIIAD(SC)212; 1997(1)ALD(Cri)54; 1997(1)ARBLR303(SC); JT1996(8)SC282; 1996(6)SCALE417; (1996)6SCC409; [1996]Supp4SCR812

..... piracy and the necessity for taking sufficient anti-piracy measures were also voiced by members of parliament at the time of the consideration of the bill to amend the copyright act, 1957, last year,2. mainly there are three types of piracy, namely, piracy of the printed word, piracy of sound recordings and piracy of cinematograph films. the ..... shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof or production of the original. section 51 in chapter xi deals with infringement of copyrights. it provides, among other things, that a copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed when any person makes for sale or hire, or sells or lets for hire, ..... series of pictures as copy of the video should be created in respect of a cinematograph under the cinematograph act which gives protection to the purchasers of the cinematograph if they are registered under chapter x of the act. section 44 gives the right of registration and once the entries have been made by operation of section 48 .....

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Dec 15 2005 (SC)

Dhodha House Vs. S.K. Maingi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC730; 2006(1)ALD138(SC); 2006(1)AWC864(SC); 2006(1)BLJR29; JT2006(1)SC123; (2006)1MLJ36(SC); 2006(32)PTC1(SC); RLW2006(1)SC543; (2006)9SCC41

..... 1. extent of jurisdiction of a civil court to determine a lis as regard infringement of the provision of the copyright act, 1957 (for short 'the 1957 act') and the trade and merchandise marks act, 1958 (for short 'the 1958 act') is in question in these appeals.we would notice the fact of the matters separately.civil appeal no. 6248 ..... been averred in the plaint that the plaintiff has registered a trade mark 'field marshal'. its label 'field marshal' is said to be registered also under the copyright act, 1957 and it had been printing/ publishing the said purported artistic work titled 'field marshal' in all its trade literatures, pamphlets, stickers, calendars, diaries, etc. ..... -section (1) of section 62, suit can be instituted and the proceedings can be initiated in respect of mattes arising under the said chapter for infringement of the copyright in any work or the infringement of any other right conferred thereunder. it does not confer jurisdiction upon a district court where the plaintiff .....

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Jan 23 2009 (SC)

Academy of General Edu., Manipal and anr. Vs. B. Malini Mallya

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2009SC1982; 2009(2)AWC1684(SC); JT2009(3)SC528; LC2009(1)225; (2009)6MLJ956(SC); RLW2009(3)SC2605; 2009(2)SCALE310; (2009)4SCC256; 2009(2)LC952(SC)

..... in all respects viz., costumes, choreography and direction by dr. karanth, the appellants can do so only in accordance with the provisions of the copyrights act, 1957 in view of copyright in seven prasangas vesting with the plaintiff. 18. decree for injunction is an equitable relief. the courts while passing a decree for permanent injunction ..... as they connote two different things. iii. the form of injunction granted in favour of the plaintiff - respondent is not in terms of the provisions of the copyright act, 1957 as the appellant as an institution or otherwise is entitled to use the same in terms of clauses (a), (i) and (1) of sub-section ..... , musical or artistic work; (ii) a cinematograph film; (iii) a sound recording.section 13 which occurs in chapter iii of the act provides that subject to the provisions thereof and the other provisions of the said act, copyright shall subsists throughout india in the following classes of works, that is to say,-(a) original literary, dramatic, musical .....

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May 16 2008 (SC)

Dabur India Ltd. Vs. K.R. Industries

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2008SC3123; 2008(4)AWC3515(SC); LC2008(2)215; (2008)5MLJ1394(SC); 2008(37)PTC332(SC); 2008(8)SCALE385; (2008)10SCC595; 2008AIRSCW5265; 2008(3)LH(SC)2121

..... herbs that constitute the ingredients of plaintiffs product. 4. it was alleged that the said carton constituted an `artistic work' within the meaning of section 25-c of the copyright act, 1957 (the 1957 act). respondent is said to have been using an identical colour scheme lay out, arrangement of features and get up as that of the plaintiffs, the essential features whereof are:one ..... residing. in terms of sub-section (1) of section 62, suit can be instituted and the proceedings can be initiated in respect of matters arising under the said chapter for infringement of the copyright in any work or the infringement of any other right conferred thereunder. it does not confer jurisdiction upon a district court where the plaintiff resides, if a cause .....

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Feb 20 2004 (SC)

Exphar Sa and anr. Vs. Eupharma Laboratories Ltd. and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2004SC1682; 2004(2)AWC1515(SC); 2004(73)DRJ663; JT2004(3)SC1; (2004)2MLJ156(SC); 2004(28)PTC251(SC); 2004(2)SCALE589; (2004)3SCC688

..... bench has also erred in its construction of section 62 of the copyright act, 1957. section 62 reads: '62. jurisdiction of court over matters arising under this chapter. - (1) every suit or other civil proceeding arising under this chapter in respect of the infringement of copyright in any work or the infringement of any other right conferred by this ..... .1. leave granted.2. the issue in these appeals is whether the high court of delhi has the jurisdiction under section 62(2) of the copyright act, 1957 to entertain a suit filed by the appellants and one other.3. the suit was filed by the appellants and m/s shreechem laboratories against the ..... act shall be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction.(2) for the purpose of .....

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Nov 05 2004 (SC)

Tata Consultancy Services Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2005SC371; (2004)192CTR(SC)257; 2004(178)ELT22(SC); [2004]271ITR401(SC); 2006(33)PTC652(SC); 2004(9)SCALE349; (2005)1SCC308; [2004]137STC620(SC)

..... engineering process.12. mr. sorabjee also drew the attention of the court to the definitions of 'computer' and 'computer programme' in the copyright act, 1957. these read as follows:'computer' includes any electronic or similar device having information processing capabilities'.'computer programme' means a set of instructions expressed in ..... the papers or diskettes etc. containing advice and/or information are goods for the purpose of the customs act. the answer, in our view, is in the affirmative....................................................................................41. significantly chapter 49 also includes items which have substantial intellectual value as opposed to the value of the paper on ..... taking within its ambit any moveable property. the list of goods as prescribed by the law are different items mentioned in various chapters under the customs tariff act, 1997 or 1999. some of these items are clearly items containing intellectual property like designs, plans, etc.47. in .....

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May 03 2012 (SC)

Super Cassetts Industries Ltd. Vs. Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... powers vested in the copyright board under section 31 of the copyright act. there is no dispute that the copyright act is a code by itself and matters relating to copyrights and grant of licences in respect of such copyrights have been left to the copyright board for decision.chapter ii of the copyright act,1957, deals with the establishment of a copyright office and the constitution of a copyright board and the powers ..... and procedure to be exercised and formulated for the functioning of the said board. section 11 of the act, which comes within the said chapter, provides for the constitution of .....

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