Copyright Act, 1957
15. Special provision regarding copyright in
designs registered or capable of being registered under the (Note: Words "Indian
Patents and" omitted by Act 23 of 1983, S.7 (w.e.f.9-8-1984) Designs Act, 1911.-
(1) Copyright shall not subsist under this Act
in any design which is registered under the (Note: Words "Indian
Patents and" omitted by Act 23 of 1983, S.7 (w.e.f.9-8-1984) Designs
Act, 1911 ( 2 of 1911).
(2) Copyright in any design, which is capable
of being registered under the (Note: Words "Indian Patents and"
omitted by Act 23 of 1983, S.7 (w.e.f.9-8-1984) Designs Act, 1911 ( 2 of
1911), but which has not been so registered, shall cease as soon as any article
to which the design has been applied has been reproduced more than fifty times
by an industrial process by the owner of the copyright or, with his license, by
any other person.