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for “Idea-Expression Dichotomy”
Krishika Lulla & Ors. v. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta & Anr.
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…
Copyright InfringementIdea-Expression DichotomyLiterary WorkOriginalityCopyrightR.G. Anand v. M/s Delux Films & Ors.
Copyright protects only the particular form of expression of an idea, theme, subject matter or plot, and never the idea itself. Substantial similarity of theme between two works is not infringement if the treatment, incidents and …
Copyright InfringementDramatic WorkIdea-Expression DichotomyOriginalityCopyrightYash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd. v. Sri Sai Ganesh Productions & Ors.
The idea-expression dichotomy protects only a generic theme and not its particularised expression; where a subsequent film reproduces the specific sequence of plot events, character arcs and dramatic situations of an earlier film …
Cinematograph FilmCopyright InfringementFilm And OTT ContentIdea-Expression Dichotomy