No Copyright Infringement If Person holds Certificate by Registrar

Maheshbhai @ Kanbhai Haribhai Sojitra Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) (i) A bare perusal of Section 51 of Copyright Act, 1957 says that if any person uses without the permission of the licence owner or from the Registrar, any product would amount to infringement of copyright. However, in the present case, the applicant is a holder of certificate issued by the Registrar of Copyright. (ii) In view of the aforesaid, in my considered opinion, prima facie ingredients of Section 51 of the said Act are not satisfied. Further, this Court would note the fact that invocation of Section 64 of th...