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· Section 13(1)(a) · copyright-act-1957

Eastern Book Company & Ors. v. D.B. Modak & Anr.

Supreme Court of India · (2008) 1 SCC 1

Copyright in a derivative or compiled work requires the exercise of some minimum degree of creativity through the application of skill and judgment, and not merely labour and capital expended in copying. Inputs that involve only m…

Krishika Lulla & Ors. v. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta & Anr.

Supreme Court of India · (2016) 2 SCC 521

The title of a literary, dramatic or cinematographic work, being ordinarily a short combination of common words, is not by itself a work in which copyright can subsist under Section 13(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957, since it la…