Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1266 · Decided 12 December 2007
Eastern Book Company & ORS. v. D.B. Modak & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1266 · [2007] 13 S.C.R. 182
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6472/2004
- Decided
- 12 December 2007
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
BOOK COMPANY & ORS. v. r- D.B. MODAK & ANR. ' DECEMBER 12, 2007 B (B.N. AGRAWAL AND P.P. NAOLEKAR, JJ.) Indian Copyright Act, 1957,' Ss.2 (k), 13, 17 and 52: ..,,_ Copyright in Law Report- Publishing of copy edited version c ofjudgments, order and proceedings of Supreme Court by appellant of owner without his consent - There is no copyright in the facts per D se -All literary works have to be original/primary work for claiming such protection - However, derivative/secondary work would qualifY for claiming such protection provided skill, labour and capital involved in its creation
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