{"id":39559,"date":"2015-10-21T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39559"},"modified":"2015-10-21T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T11:54:01","slug":"no-copyright-exists-on-the-title-of-literary-work-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/no-copyright-exists-on-the-title-of-literary-work-sc","title":{"rendered":"No copyright exists on the title of literary work: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"summaryarticledetail\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_38395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38395\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-on-july-20-cbi-plea-in-vyapam-case\/supreme_court_2426338f\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SUPREME_COURT_2426338f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"No copyright exists on the title of literary work: SC\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No copyright exists on the title of literary work: SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><label id=\"MainContent_lbl_Summary\">The Supreme Court has held that no copyright exists on the &#8220;title&#8221; of a literary work while quashing a criminal case against the producer of a Bollywood movie. 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.<\/label><\/div>\n<div id=\"MainContent_articlecontent\" class=\"top_articalcontent\">\n<div>\n<div>\n&#8220;No copyright subsists in the title of a literary work and a plaintiff or a complainant is not entitled to relief on such basis except in an action for passing off or in respect of a registered trademark comprising such titles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the present case we find that there is no copyright in the title &#8216;Desi Boys&#8217; and thus no question of its infringement arises. The prosecution based on allegations of infringement of copyright in such a title is untenable,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>Devkatta had claimed copyright in a synopsis of a story written by him with the title &#8220;Desi Boys&#8221;. According to him, he got the synopsis of &#8220;Desi Boys&#8221; registered with the Film Writers Association in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he mailed the concept of the story in the form of a synopsis when one of his friends asked him for his help.<\/p>\n<p>His friend, Ramesh Bhatnagar, forwarded the story, terming it &#8220;just an idea&#8221; by email to Ahsan Sagar on October 15, 2009. What was forwarded was apparently the same short synopsis of the concept with the title &#8220;Desi Boys&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the complainant (Devkatta) saw the promos of a film bearing the title &#8220;Desi Boys&#8221;, actually spelt as &#8220;Desi Boyz&#8221;. According to him, the adoption of the title of the Akshay Kumar-starrer &#8220;Desi Boyz&#8221; was a clear infringement of the copyright in the film title &#8220;Desi Boys&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that he has not seen the film and he cannot say whether a part of the story of the film written by him has also been infringed.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has held that no copyright exists on the &#8220;title&#8221; of a literary work while quashing a criminal case against the producer of a Bollywood movie. 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