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However, even then, the degree of novelty required in work was not so low as to allow everyone to get copyright protection for their artisticwork. However, in 2003, with the case of Eastern Book Company v. In the case of Indian Express Newspaper (Bombay) Pvt Ltd v. Copyright Act or Design Act?
This issue was cleared in Civic Chandran case wherein the Court held that ‘the purpose of reproduction of artisticwork i.e., counter drama was not misappropriation, to produce a play similar to the original. 2003 (27) PTC 457 (Bom) (DB). Vipul Amrutlal Shah (2009) and MRF Limited v. References Civic Chandran v/s C.
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