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(1962) 1 MLJ 258 (Mad)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Present : Mr. P. V. Rajamannar, Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Veeraswami
Case Number(s) : O.S.A. No. 47 of 1956. (2nd day of Vaisakha, 1882, Saka.).
Judgement Date :
Friday 22nd of April 1960
| Associated Publishers (Madras), Ltd. | .....Appellant(s) | | Versus | | | K. Bashyam alias ‘Arya’ and another | .....Respondent(s) |
Copyright Act (1911), sections 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 — Applicability and scope of — “Original artistic work” — Meaning of — Portrait or picture produced by combination and adjustment of parts of two or more different pictures — Right to copyright — “Infringement” — Test to decide — Liability of mere printer of infringing copy — Damages — Assessment — Principles — Relative scope of sections 6 and 7 — Plea based on section 8 — Burden of proof — Plea of estoppel — Conditions for raising — Absence of representation or change of position — Effect.
Cases Referred
Caxton Publishing Company v. Sutherland Publishing Company L.R. [1939] A.C. 178
Sutherland Publishing Co. v. Caxton Publishing Co. L.R. [1936] 1 Ch. 323
Macmillan & Co. , Ltd. v. Cooper L.R. 51 I.A. 109; I.L.R. 48 Bom. 308 (P.C.) . : [1923] 46 M.L.J. 637
John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. v. Associated Newspapers Ltd. L. R. [1936] 1 K.B. 715.
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