June 18, 2012

Copyright laws: Copyright Board can't pass interim orders granting ad hoc compulsory licences

There is a Copyright Board for hearing disputes regarding copyrights.

But such Board has no power to grant interim order granting compulsory licese pending dispute.

Ref: Case of Super Cassate Ind vs Music Broadcast Pvt.Ltd. 2012(5)Scale page 142 on 157 para 42

Haresh Raichura
18/6/2012