Copyright Act, 1957 · Chapter XII: Civil Remedies
Section 62: Jurisdiction of court over matters arising under this Chapter
(1) Every suit or other civil proceeding arising under this Chapter in respect of the infringement of copyright in any work or the infringement of any other right conferred by this Act shall be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction.
(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), a "district court having jurisdiction" shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) or any other law for the time being in force, include a district court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction, at the time of the institution of the suit or other proceeding, the person instituting the suit or other proceeding or, where there are more than one such persons, any of them actually and voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 62
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Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others
i) What are the parameters for determining whether a work or an article falls within the limitation set out in s.15(2) of the Copyright Act, thereby classifying it as a ‘design’ u/s.2(d) of the Designs Act; ii) Whether…
- Sap Se v. Erp Training India & Ors
- Yashoda Thakore v. Kuchipudi Dance Centre and Ors
- Tkw Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd v. Sherif Cargo & Anr
- M/S Liberty Footwear Company v. M/S Liberty International
- Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd. v. Sanjay Dalia&Anr.
- M/S. Paragon Rubber Industries v. M/S. Pragathi Rubber Mills & Ors.
- M/S. Dhodha House v. S.K. Maingi