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Copyright

Cryogas Equipment Private Limited & Anr. v. Inox India Limited & Ors.

Supreme Court of India · 2025 INSC 483

Whether an artistic work is a design capable of registration under Section 2(d) of the Designs Act, 2000, so as to lose copyright protection under Section 15(2) of the Copyright Act, 1957 upon industrial reproduction beyond fifty …

Artistic WorkCopyright Design OverlapFunctionalityIndustrial Reproduction
Designs

Diageo Brands B.V. & Anr. v. Alcobrew Distilleries India Pvt. Ltd.

Delhi High Court · 2022:DHC:005661

The test for infringement of a registered design under Section 22 of the Designs Act, 2000 is whether the design, viewed by an instructed or knowledgeable observer aware of the prior art, is identical or an obvious or fraudulent i…

Design InfringementFunctionalityNoveltyScope Of Design Protection
Designs

NEC Corporation & Ors. v. The Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.

Calcutta High Court · 2026:CHC-OS:71

A graphical user interface is not per se excluded from registration as a design under Sections 2(a) and 2(d) of the Designs Act, 2000; the requirement that a design be applied to an article by an industrial process must be constru…

Copyright Design OverlapDesign RegistrationDigital PlatformsNovelty
Designs

Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. v. Wyeth Ltd.

Delhi High Court · 2013 SCC OnLine Del 4761

Prior publication of a design under Section 4(b) of the Designs Act, 2000 requires that the design, as applied to a specific article, be disclosed to the public with sufficient visual clarity to enable a person to perceive its sha…

CancellationDesign RegistrationNoveltyPrior Publication