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V.T. Thomas and ors. Vs. Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1989Ker49

..... -- (different in its pattern, perspective and style) on the other.5. the matter arises in a suit filed under the provisions of the copyright act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act'). in aid of, and as part of the reliefs claimed in the suit, an interlocutory relief of a far-reaching effect was also sought for ..... artistic production is.they have to understand the limits of theirrights by gauging the language of thelegislature.15. the interpretative exercise of an enactment like the copyright act must, according to me, recognise the plenitude of artistic liberty. a different approach would be against the larger objectives of the publishing houses themselves, in ..... recognition of such consideration has its reflection in section 17 of the act. my understanding of the provisions under section 17(a) and (c) of the act is that, prima facie, in relation to such productions, the employer has a statutorily recognised copyright in those productions, as those productions were made by him at a .....

Chatrapathy Shanmugham Vs. S. Rangarajan

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2004(29)PTC702(Mad)

..... the meaning of 'copy right' and the same is defined under section 14 of the copyright act, 1957, which states:'meaning of copyright - (1) for the purpose of this act, 'copyright' means the exclusive right subject to the provisions of this act, to do or authorise the doing of any of the following acts in respect of a work or any substantial part thereof, namely:- (a) in the ..... , it is not the case of the plaintiff that he had registered his copyright in the office of the registrar of copyrights, as set out under section 44 of the copy right act, 1957. the infringement would arise, if it satisfies the requirements under section 51(a) of the act, which states, 'copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed - (a) when any person .....

Power Control and Appliances Co. and Another Vs. Sumeet Machines Pvt. ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1993Mad120

..... learned senior counsel drew my attention to the definition provided under section 2 that various sub-clauses of the trade and merchandize marks act 1958 as well as the definition under section 2 of the copyright act 1957, and section 12 sub-clauses 13, 28, 29, 34, 77 to 79, sections 81 and 96 of the trade and ..... the trade marks and the copyright for the sumeet trade mark and the trade literature and the guarantee card as was shown in all the documents, exs. a1 ..... card for havingreproduced in its entirely amounting to infringement of the copyright along with section 2 and its various sub-sections pertaining to the definition of the copyright, the learned senior counsel relied on sections 14, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 51 to 55 of the copyright act 1957.13. then for substantiating the exclusive right and properietorship over .....

Hridayanada Sharma Vs. State of Assam

Court : Guwahati

..... the present case, has been referred to a larger bench and that is how the matter is before us.2. section 68a of the copyright act, 1957 provides that an offence under section 52a of the said act is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to 3 years as well as fine also. under part-ii contained in schedule-i of the ..... prepared to and does furnish bail, and every person released on bail under this sub-section shall be deemed to be so released under the provisions of chapter xxxiii for the purposes of that chapter ;' '386. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of death or ..... . following the ratio of the apex court judgment in rajeeb chaudhary's case (supra) what would logically follow is that the punishment prescribed under section 68a of the copyright act being for imprisonment which may extend to period of 3 years, the punishment prescribed cannot be said to be less than 3 years as required under part ii of .....

Najma Heptulla Vs. Orient Longman Ltd. and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : AIR1989Delhi63; 1988(2)ARBLR302(Delhi); 1989(1)Crimes597; 36(1988)DLT31; 1988(15)DRJ223

..... the two of them. before concluding it may also be noticed that under section 17, proviso (cc) of the copyright act, 1957 the person who has delivered the speech in public is regarded as the first owner of the copyright thereof. in view of this provision it is doubtful whether a verbatim copy of a person's speech, delivered in ..... a revised draft was prepared and was presented to maulana azad towards the end of november, 1957. it is further mentioned by prof. kabir, in the preface, that when the final draft was ready maulana azad went through the manuscript chapter by chapter and sentence by sentence and made some minor alterations. it has also been stated that there ..... draft in english would be prepared by prof. kabir and handed over to maulana azad. maulana azad then read each chapter and then both prof. kabir and maulana azad went over the said chapter together. it is at this stage that maulana azad is stated to have made many amendments, additions, alterations and omissions. the first draft .....

Mannu Bhandari Vs. Kala Vikas Pictures Pvt. Ltd. and anr.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : AIR1987Delhi13; ILR1986Delhi191

..... norms as commercial property? where does the freedom (of expression) of the author end, where does the director begin? what is the scope and width of section 57 of the copyright act, 1957? these are the questions f raised in manna bhandari's suit against m/s. kala vikas pictures (pvt.) ltd. and its producer and director. kala vikas has produced motion picture ..... of vital interest to each society. law protects this social interest. section 57 of the copyright act is one such example of legal protection. section 57 lifts authors' status beyond the material gains of copyright and gives it a special status.(9) section 57 falls in chapter xii of the act concerning civil remedies. section 55 provides for certain remedies where there is infringement of .....

The Tata Oil Mills Co. Ltd. Vs. Hansa Chemical Pharmacy

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 1986(2)ARBLR303(Delhi); ILR1979Delhi236

..... sought to be ousted on the ground that the suit arises under chapter xii of the copyright act, 1957, and that the original jurisdiction in respect of such suits or other civil proceedings arising under the said chapter is that of the district court under section 62 of the said act. section 62 of the copyright act, 1957, reads as under : '62(1) every suit or other civil proceeding ..... section makes it clear that every suit or other civil proceeding arising under chapter xii in respect of the infringement of copyright in any work or the infringement of any other right conferred by the copyright act, 1957, shall be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction. i do not agree. the copyright act does not define the expression 'district court'. the question, thereforee, is what is .....

Saranya Zaveri and anr. Vs. Kamadon Academy P. Ltd.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : [2006]133CompCas546(Ker); 2008(38)PTC554(Ker)

..... and voluntarily reside or carry on business or personally works for gain in any place within the local limits of the ernakulam court, section 62(2) of the copyright act, 1957, cannot clothe the ernakulam court with jurisdiction to entertain a suit of this nature.14. the further question which survives for consideration is as to whether the ..... though the place of residence or the place of business of the plaintiff may be relevant in the case of a suit falling under section 62 of the copyright act, 1957, the same will assume importance only if the plaintiff-company has any activity within the limits of the ernakulam court and the plaintiff has prima facie made out ..... 20 (vide jaleel associates v. hotel sagar [2005] 1 ilr 237 (ker)).12. in the case of infringement of a copyright falling under section 55 of the copyright act, 1957, no doubt, section 62(2) of the copyright act provides the same right of forum for the plaintiff as is made available to a plaintiff in respect of a suit falling under .....

The Daily Calendar Supplying Bureau, Sivakasi Vs. the United Concern

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1967Mad381

..... the argument urged before us. section 62 of the copyright act. 1957 under which the present suit was filed runs this."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 ..... jurisdiction to the high court.(6) the first point to be noted is that section 62(1) of the copyright act, 1957, extracted above gives jurisdiction to the district court to deal with infringement of copyright. for finding out the meaning of the term 'district court', it will not be property resort to the definition ..... o. 2 amounting to an infringement of plaintiff's copyright in m. o. 1, within the meaning of the indian copyright act, 1957. before doing this, it is necessary to refer briefly to the scope of the indian copyright act of 1957, for finding out the essential elements of copyright in an artistic work, and what constitutes an infringement .....

Lark Laboratories Ltd. Vs. Nabros Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (2009)2GLR1376; 2010(41)PTC675(Guj)

..... of them, actually and voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain.section 62 of the copyright act, 1957 reads as under: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 ..... plaintiff is the sole proprietor and enjoying the exclusive rights to use the said trade-mark 'dolaren' and the copyright subsists in the artwork of its label and on the packages under the provisions of the trade marks act, 1999 and the copyright act, 1957. it is further averred in the plaint that recently in the international market the plaintiff came a cross that the .....