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Feb 08 2000 (HC)

Lahari Recording Company Private Limited, Bangalore Vs. Sourabh Market ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR2000KAR5057; 2001(4)KarLJ78

..... to copyright. earlier, the law on copyright was governed by the indian copyright act, 1914, and the copyright act of 1911 passed by the parliament of the united kingdom as modified in its application to india by the indian copyright act, 1914, both of which acts are repealed by the present act of 1957. the act comprises in all 79 sections spread over subjectwise under 15 chapters. sections 1 to 6 of chapter i ..... provides for preliminaries such as title, extent, commencement of the act, definitions of various terms used in the act, viz., section 6 in particular, providing for decision .....

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Nov 24 1978 (HC)

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 .....

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Feb 16 1968 (HC)

J.N. Bagga and ors. Vs. All India Reporter Ltd.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1969Bom302; (1969)71BOMLR409; 1969CriLJ1109; 1969MhLJ188

..... now be noted, i have already pointed out that there is no specific provision in the copyright act, 1957, regarding the place for filing criminal complaints. the provisions of the criminal procedure code regarding the place of an enquiry and trial in chapter xv are the only provisions which would help a court in finding our whether it has jurisdiction ..... . what is, therefore, alleged is that the advertisement in journals published at nagpur amount to 'an offer for sale' as contemplated by section 51(b)(i) of the copyright act 1957. not only the advertisement ..... soliciting customers to purchase the books and to place their orders with the publishers amount to 'an offer for sale' under section 51(b)(i) of the copyright act, 1957. the additional sessions judge, who made a reference on this point, has taken a contrary view.8. the two points of view, which are canvassed before .....

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Feb 18 2008 (HC)

Espn Stars Sports Vs. Global Broadcast News Ltd. and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : LC2008(2)75; 2008(36)PTC492(Del)

..... reproduction rights are a special class of rights, recognized under part viii of the copyright act, 1957 (hereafter 'the act'). he relied upon section 37 for the purpose. according to counsel, section 37(3) provides, in clauses (a) to (e) acts deemed to be infringement of broadcast reproduction rights. according to the counsel, the unauthorized ..... section 37(3)(a) and also reproduction of the event under section 37(3)(d). learned counsel submitted that the only exception recognized under chapter viii of the act was the use, consistent with fair dealing, excerpts of any programme, in the broadcast of current event or bona fide review for teaching and ..... the express reference to certain provisions in section 39a rules out the application of all other provisions of the act in respect of broadcast reproduction rights which are a species of copyright and for which chapter viii constitutes a complete code. it was, thereforee, submitted that technical requirements such as the need to implead .....

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Apr 24 1899 (FN)

Holmes Vs. Hurst

Court : US Supreme Court

..... thus abandoned, we do not see how it could be reclaimed by collecting such parts together in the form of a book unless we are to assume that the copyright act covers the process of aggregation as well as that of intellectual production. the contrary is the fact. if the patent law furnishes any analogy in this particular -- and ..... be obtained after the several parts, whether published separately or collectively, had been in general circulation for years. surely this cannot be within the spirit of the act. under the english copyright act of 1845, provision is made for the publication of works in a series of books or parts, but it has always been held that each part of ..... is a book within the meaning of the act. henderson v. maxwell, l.r. 4 ch.div. 163; bradbury v. sharp, w.n. (1891) 143. we have not overlooked the inconvenience which our conclusions will cause if, in order to protect their articles from piracy, authors are compelled to copyright each chapter or installment as it may appear in a .....

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Feb 08 1938 (PC)

RamnaraIn Trivedi Vs. Shib Kumar Tewary and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1938Cal594

..... they now possess demands consider-able powers of adaptation and polishing, and i consider that the result is an original literary work within the meaning of section 1 of the copyright act, 1911. moreover even if the suggestion made by the defendant is correct that all that mahadeo has done is to take down the words as sung by ganga sahu, ..... they leave no doubt in my mind that i have to deal with a case of systematic and deli-berate piracy, in spite of the fact that sorothi ii contains chapters and materials not to be found in sorothi i.9. i hold it proved that defendant 2 was a party to the infringement complained of indeed i am by no ..... of evidence to show that either of these conditions is fulfilled and in these circumstances the question of passing off needs no further consideration. on the basis of infringement of copyright, the plaintiff is entitled to the following reliefs against both defendants : (1) the injunction asked for in para. (c) of the prayer to the plaint. (2) an order for .....

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Jul 05 2002 (HC)

Devendra Somabhai Naik Vs. Accurate Transheet Pvt. Ltd.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : AIR2003Guj141

..... filed under section 72 of the copyright act, 1957 challenging the order passed by the copyright board dated 7th september, 2001, whereby it is held that article 137 of the limitation act, 1963 is not applicable to the application filed under section 50 of the copyright act, 1957. the board also held that the copyright board is, deemed to be ..... for the appellant submitted that the respondent herein filed an application under section 50 of the copyright act, 1957, on 4th may, 2000. according to him, it is filed beyond the time prescribed under article 137 of the limitation act, 1963. in the alternative, he submitted that the application was filed after five years of ..... to the provisions of section 72 wherein the jurisdiction of court in the matters arising under this chapter is provided and finally, he submitted that even under section 74 of the copyright act, 'registrar of copyrights and copyright board to possess certain powers of civil court'. he submitted that in view of these specific .....

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Jul 05 2002 (HC)

Shree Devendra Somabhai Naik Vs. Accurate Transheet Pvt. Ltd.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (2003)1GLR589; 2002(25)PTC434(Guj)

..... filed under section 72 of the copyright act, 1957 challenging the order passed by the copyright board dated 7th september, 2001, whereby it is held that article 137 of the limitation act, 1963 is not applicable to the application filed under section 50 of the copyright act, 1957. the board also held that the copyright board is, deemed to be ..... for the appellant, submitted that the respondent herein filed an application under section 50 of the copyright act, 1957, on 4th may, 2000. according to him, it is filed beyond the time prescribed under article 137 of the limitation act, 1963. in the alternative, he submitted that the application was filed after five years ..... to the provisions of section 72 wherein the jurisdiction of court in the matters arising under the chapter is provided and finally, he submitted that even under section 74 of the copyright act, 'registrar of copyrights and copyright board to possess certain powers of civil court'. he submitted that in view of these specific .....

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Feb 13 2012 (HC)

Anuradha Paudwal and Another Vs. Brij Mohan Bhardwaj and Another

Court : Punjab and Haryana

..... sen, musician, m/s. sardar cassette company and m/s jain and company, on accusation of having committed the offence punishable under sections 61, 63, 65 and 69 of the copyright act, 1957 and sections 467, 468, 471 and 420 ipc. 3. the case set-up by the complainant, in brief, insofar as relevant was that, his father wrote many books. including the ..... violation of the provisions of' the copyright act. section 51 of chapter xi of the copyright act posits the variety of incidents of' infringement of copyright. whereas section 52 envisages the situation where certain acts will not amount to infringement of copyright acts. likewise, section 54 of chapter xii defines the expression of "owner of copyright", whereas civil ti remedies for infringement of such copyright has been provided under section 55 of .....

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Mar 14 2014 (FN)

National Association of Broadcasters Vs. South African Music Performan ...

Court : South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal

..... the report of the advisory committee of the copyright act, dated 5 november 1993. [2] section 29(1) provides: the judge or acting judge who is from time to time designated as commissioner of patents in terms of section 8 of the patents act, 1978, shall also be the copyright tribunal (in this chapter referred to as the tribunal) for the purposes ..... tortuous statutory scheme in terms of which the tribunal derives its power. as pointed out by dean in handbook of south african copyright law,[10]the factual matrix set out in chapter 3 of the act has to be read mutatis mutandis to accommodate the adjudication of disputes arising out of s 9a. this means that one has ..... of this act. section 36 provides for appeals from the tribunal to this court. [3] sampra was accredited as a representative .....

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