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Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others

Copyright Act, 1957 – s.15(2) – Designs Act, 2000

Dismissed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
15 Apr 2025
Citation
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 765
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 5174/2025
Bench
Surya Kant, N Kotiswar Singh

Issue for consideration

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 the High Court erred in setting the Commercial Court and thus rejecting the application u/Or.VII, R.11 of the CPC.

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