Section 15 of the Copyright Act, 1957 – Special provision regarding copyright in designs registered or capable of being registered under the Designs Act, 2000

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Section 15: Special provision regarding copyright in designs registered or capable of being registered under the Designs Act, 2000

15. Special provision regarding Copyright in designs registered or Capable of being registered under the 1*** 2[Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000)].–(1) Copyright shall not subsist under this Act in any design which is registered under the 1*** 2[Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000)].

  • (2) Copyright in any design, which is capable of being registered under the 1*** 2[Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000)] but which has not been so registered, shall cease as soon as any article to which the design has been applied has been reproduced more than fifty times by an industrial process by the owner of the copyright or, with his licence, by any other person.

Source: official text of The Copyright Act, 1957 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Copyright Act, 1957.

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