Landmark case · Intellectual Property Law · Semester 4

R.G. Anand v. Delux Films

AIR 1978 SC 1613 · Supreme Court of India

Copyright protects expression, not ideas, themes or plots; there is no infringement if the same theme is presented differently.

From topic

Subsistence, originality and the idea–expression dichotomy — Unit I, Intellectual Property Law.

Related sections:

Copyright Act, 1957, 13 — Works in which copyright subsists
Copyright Act, 1957, 14 — Meaning of copyright
Copyright Act, 1957, 16 — No copyright except as provided
Copyright Act, 1957, 17 — First owner of copyright