Landmark case · Intellectual Property Law · Semester 4

Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. v. Eastern India Motion Pictures Association

AIR 1977 SC 1443 · Supreme Court of India

Once a composer's work is incorporated in a cinematograph film, the producer's section 17 rights prevail over a performing-right society's claim unless a contract saves the composer.

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Owners, neighbouring rights, infringement and fair dealing — Unit I, Intellectual Property Law.

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