Designs And Artistic Works: Microfibres' Appeal Falls Through

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Designs And Artistic Works: Microfibres' Appeal Falls Through

The line between provisions of the Copyright Act and Design Law

although independent of each other, find parties approaching the

Court to debate these provisions increasingly. This is pertinently

true of the definition of "artistic works" as in S. 2(c)

of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the exclusión of works

subject to copyright from the ambit of Design law. Addressing an

appeal against the Ld. Single judge of the High Court of Delhi in

the case of Microfibres Inc. v. Girdhar & Co. & Anr. (Suit

No. 1480/2002), the Double Bench of the Delhi High Court dwelled on

the question of interpretation of Section 2(c) of the...

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