This doctrine has been recognized at various time in many countries such as USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere. In India, the copyright statute has been in existence since long and moreover India is a member of various international intellectual property treaties and conventions, but the...
permits for profit any place to be used for the performance of the work in public where such performance constitutes an infringement of the copyright in the work, unless he was not aware, and had no reasonable ground for believing, that such performance would be an infringement of copyright; ...
Subject to the provisions of this section and the other provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout India in the following classes of works, that is to say- Original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. Cinematographic films, and ...
In copyright law, the visual connection is the real test of originality. In order to qualify for copyright protection a work must be 'original', in the legal sense that it is not 'substantially derived' from the earlier work of another artist, and 'substantial' in this context means qualita...
27:375 I. INTRODUCTION Originality is a central theme in the efforts to understand human evolution, thinking, innovation, and creativity. Artists strive to be original, however the term is understood by each of them. It is also one of the major concepts in copyright law. In a previous ...
Style Bile Size unwise and lacking in originality, the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week was bigger, but not better, with only a handful among the 87 designers showing some sparkKimi DangorSupriya Dravid
Article 2 of the Italian Copyright Act provides that “in particular, protection shall extend to: 1. literary, dramatic, scientific, didactic and religious works, whether in written or oral form; 2. musical works and compositions, with or without words, dramatico-musical works, and musical varia...
This contribution examines how originality as a prerequisite for securing copyright protection is conceived in Spanish copyright law. The Spanish Copyright Act does not define originality, leaving its interpretation to the Spanish Supreme Court and lower
Originality has a twofold requirement in Cyprus: the work needs to be a personal intellectual creation of its author and not a copy of an already existing work or draft or model of a work. Case-law has attempted to provide further interpretation, at leas
The Indian jurisprudence which could be deduced from the judicial pronouncements in India in this respect is in need of urgent scrutiny. The strength and weaknesses of Indian decisions and the implications of it on the dissemination of information which is an equally imp...