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Copyright infringement case against Dream Girl 2

‘Copyright cannot be claimed on common ideas’: Bombay HC dismisses copyright infringement case against Balaji Telefilms for ‘Dream Girl 2’

“The applicant was seeking monopoly over matters in which ex-facie no copyright subsisted to begin with, like common themes, ideas, unoriginal/stocks/scenes-a-faire matters, and other aspects directly flowing from such elements.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Not an original work u/s 13(1)(a) of Copyright Act’; Delhi HC directs Registrar of Copyrights to expunge copyright registration for work ‘GOORCHARRE MAST SEVIAN’

“If any person or entity mis-describes the work as an original work, when it is actually not and is a copy of another work, such registration will be a registration wrongly remaining on the Register of Copyrights.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Does Copyright Act requires mandatory registration to seek protection under the Act? Justice G.S. Patel explains

“Copyright Act gives a range of rights and privileges to the first owner of copyright without requiring prior registration.”