Section 15(2) of the Copyright Act, 1957 clarifies, copyright protection in any ‘design’, which is capable of being registered under The Designs Act, 2000 but is not registered, would terminate once such ‘design’ is applied to any article and reproduced in excess of 50 times by an industrial process either by owner or a licensee. A question as to whether an ‘original artistic work’ would fall within meaning of a ‘design’ under Designs Act cannot be answered while deciding an application under Order 7, Rule 11 of CPC.
– Hon’ble Justice Surya Kant, Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited, [Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 28062 of 2024].
