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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered. NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. In looking at this question, you first need to consider what work is being used as a tattoo.