Question: Recently the Supreme Court gives its judgment that no copyright exists on the title of a literary work. This judgment is given after the controversy arising from which of the following title of the Film?
(a) Chinar Daastaan-E-Ishq
(b) Kaanchi
(c) Desi Boys
(d) Shandar
Ans- (c)
Related Facts:
- On 21 October, 2015 the Supreme Court gives its judgment that no copyright exists on the title of a literary work.
- In this context, the Court made it clear that the copyright exists only of the literary work written by an author, not of the title of his work.
- A bench comprising justices M B Lokur and S A Bobde passed the order on an appeal filed by Krishika Lulla and others against an order of the Bombay High Court which had refused to quash a complaint filed by writer Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta.
- It is notable that the author of ‘Desi Boyz’, book Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta filed a case on Krishika Lulla against the Copyright Act for his film ‘Desi Boyz’.
- In this context Devkatta said that the title of the movie is taken from the title of his book.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/copyright-does-not-exist-for-title-of-a-literary-work/article7791159.ece
http://lawyerslaw.org/titles-of-the-literary-work-no-copyright-exists-thus-no-claim-of-infringement-of-copyright-can-be-ordered-supreme-court/
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-no-copyright-exists-on-the-title-of-literary-work-supreme-court-2137112
http://barandbench.com/no-copyright-in-movies-title-supreme-court-in-desi-boyz-controversy/
http://hindi.eenaduindia.com/Delhi/DelhiNCR/2015/10/21191954/Desi-boys-film-director-relief-from-the-Supreme-Court.vpf