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Copyright Registration in India

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For writers, artists, musicians and other creators in India, knowing how to register their copyrights can be a valuable asset. This guide explores the process, benefits, and key points about copyright registration in India. Copyright protection under these agreements arises immediately when a work is created. What is Copyright?

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

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Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. As per NTC’s statement, both SSPL and SK Oil Industries couldn’t claim copyright in the artistic work. Under the Copyright Act, no author can claim rights in the original creative work of some other author.

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AI art and Indian copyright registration

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This copyright office granted registration in this case. The basis of grant of registration is not clear. It appears that the Copyright Office granted this registration by mistake, without applying its mind, as it issued a withdrawal notice , around one year later. As reported , this notice was issued around November 2021.

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Copyright And Its Regulations In India

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Copyright safeguards works made by a genuine creator in a variety of genres, including literary, musical, theatrical, and artistic works. There is, however, a procedure that must be followed in order to register the copyright for all such works. The work must be written down in order to get registration of copyright.

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Copyright Registration in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Copyright Registration in India ensures legal protection to the creators of original works. Copyright is a kind of intellectual property right which grants exclusive rights to the creator of the original work. The copyright comes into existence automatically as soon as the original work is created.

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Protection of Jewellery under Intellectual Property Rights

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act 1957 states that a copyright covers what is referred to as an artistic work, when interpreted in relation to the protection of jewellery through intellectual property, it may be deemed that the initial artistic sketch on which the design is based will be subject to copyright protection.

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Fashion Copyright and Infringement

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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 artistic work. In this paradigm-shifting judgment, the Court introduced the principle of “ minimum requirement of creativity ” in order to acquire copyright protection over an artistic work.