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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS Under the Copyright Act, 1957, architectural works are protected by Section 2(b) which defines a work of architecture to be any building or structure having an artistic character or design, or a model of such building or structure.
Under the copyright act in India, an artist may protect an “original artisticwork” if it is expressed in a tangible medium for over 60 years. However, it is pertinent to note that if an artisticwork is already protected under the designs act, it cannot be protected under the copyright act.
IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artisticworks, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.” As the U.S.
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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of PatentLaw? Continuing our posts on the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report, I wrote a II-part post on the Report’s recommendations on patentlaw reform. Part I and II. Fonts and Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable?
Under the previous law, no provision relating to restoration upon expiration of the Design registration was provided. Revocation of Design There is no concept of a Pre-Grant Opposition in the Design law of India, like in the case of Patentslaw. Designs are registered in different classes as per the Locarno Agreement.
[i] The very first accords to recognise why IPRs are important were the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and ArtisticWorks (1886). However, one must consider the lax patentlaws that gave India the reputation as the “pharmacy of the world.”
‘The Paris Convention’, adopted in March 1883 and revised in the years 1900, 1911, 1925, 1934, 1958, 1967, and 1979, comprehensively addresses “patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and geographical indications”. [1] Geneva, WIPO, 1984.” [3] 3] Kumar, Nagesh. 36/37 (1998): 2334– 35. [4]
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And IPR serves to protect the creations of the human intellect, encompassing inventions, literary and artisticworks, designs, symbols, as well as names and images utilized in commercial endeavors. Another question regarding AI-generated copyright work in India is, whether AI should be given ownership of the work or not.
IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artisticworks, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.” As the U.S.
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3 In the latter case, although peer-to-peer file sharing was also a dual use technology, its “promotion” as an infringement tool led the court to find Grokster secondarily liable under a doctrine of inducement borrowed at least in part from patentlaw.
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