{"id":274046,"date":"2022-09-20T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=274046"},"modified":"2022-09-20T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:30:15","slug":"gujarat-hc-use-of-any-product-by-any-person-without-permit-from-license-owner-or-registrar-is-copyright-infringment-ipr-legal-updates-legal-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/20\/gujarat-hc-use-of-any-product-by-any-person-without-permit-from-license-owner-or-registrar-is-copyright-infringment-ipr-legal-updates-legal-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat HC | Use of any product by any person, without the permission of the license owner or the Registrar, would amount to copyright infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gujarat High Court<\/b>: While deciding the instant matter concerning copyright infringement, the Bench of Niral Mehta, J., observed that a bare perusal of Section 51<\/a> of the Copyright Act, 1957<\/a> makes it clear that if any person uses any product without the permission of the license owner or from the Registrar, the same would amount to infringement of copyright.<\/p>\n

The instant application was filed before the Court seeking quashment of the FIR against the applicant. The counsel of the applicant submitted that present impugned FIR is nothing but a sheer abuse of process of law. It was further submitted that the impugned FIR has been filed by respondent with an objective to oust the applicant from the business. Heavy reliance was placed upon the certificates of registration of copyright issued by the Registrar of Copyright and Section 51<\/a> of the Copyright Act<\/a>, which states that if any person without a licence granted by the owner of the copyright or the Registrar of Copyright under the said Act does anything, then it would amount to infringement. It was contended that since the applicant had the certificates issued by the Registrar of Copyright, therefore, they cannot be said to have committed any infringement.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the respondents strongly opposed the application.<\/p>\n

Perusing the contentions presented, the Court observed that issues raised in the matter require consideration. However, the Court did grant an interim relief to the applicant while stating its prima facie reasons for the same’<\/p>\n