Eastern book company staff members are noted for their skilled and personal service. Doctrine of sweat of the brow by hailshree saksena ssrn. Appellants were involved in the printing and publishing of. B modak, guides, projects, research for intellectual property ip. Prithviraj choudhury on receiving the prestigious erin j.
The said appellants are involved in the printing and publishing of various books relating to the field of law. These appeals by special leave have been preferred against the common judgment of a division bench of the high court of delhi involving the analogous question and are, therefore, decided together by this judgment. The appellant publish law report containing supreme court cases by the name of supreme court cases scc. But in india, the lacuna is originality is not defined in the act. These extensions lack even the minimal degree of authors creativity or originality or intellectual labour. Supreme court confirms injunction against lexisnexis in. Each book is a collector edition that is as magnificent to see as it is to read. Artificial intelligence and copyright the authorship. H2o was built at harvard law school by the library innovation lab.
The ebc modak case is the indian counterpart of the feist publications case in terms of the test it laid down. Online shopping from the largest online law book store having over three hundred thousand law books on supreme court law, business law, constitution, criminal law, civil law, tax law, marriage and divorce, ebooks, clat and more at low priceseasy payment. Drafting of royalty clause in a book publishing agreement. Yet another category included in scc is short judgments, orders. The most important indian case on this subject is eastern book company v. Eastern book company is the law report supreme court cases scc. Follow eastern book company to get updates on current hiring. The appellants will be at liberty to publish, sell and distribute the raw judgments of the supreme court of india and other courts obtained from whichever source along with their own headnotes, editorial notes, paraphrasing, explanatory notes, etc. The best law reports, legal databases, commentaries, bare acts and student books from a publishing house committed to quality and authenticity. The case are procured from the register of the supreme court. Eastern book companycompany hr in eastern book company. Easton press sells the worlds greatest books, bound in genuine leather and accented with 22kt gold.
Eastern book company ebc is a leading publishers of law reportsjournals in india. One such publication is a law report titled supreme court cases scc, containing all supreme court judgments. Cooper, 1924 privy council 75, action was brought by mcmillan and company to restrain the respondentfirm who was carrying on the trade and business of publishers of educational books, from printing, distributing or otherwise disposing of copies of the book published by the appellants. Consider us an extension of your staff, leaving you the time you need to make decisions. The appellant is a publisher of a wellknown journal known as supreme court cases. See who you know at eastern book company, leverage your professional network, and get hired.
The said appellants are involved in the printing and publishing of various books relating to the field. The appellant publishes all reportable judgments along with nonreportable. Only the compilers selection and arrangement may be protected. The book titled sachitra bara kok shastra was printed for the first time in 1928 and had run into four editions since.
These judgments were published along with headnotes that were written by the company itself. Eastern book company, a wellknown publishing concern had filed wo suits bearing nos. The law book publishers commenced infringement action against the law society claiming ownership of in 11 specific. The defendant instead of taking the pains of searching into all the common sources and obtaining his subject matter from them, obtained the subject matter from the plaintiffs book and availed himself of the labour of the plaintiffs and adopted their arrangement and subject matter and, thus, such a use of plaintiffs book could not be regarded as. It concerned the ability of supreme court judgments that were copyedited and published by eastern book company. But still in case of database protection, this doctrine is practiced by the judiciary. Eastern book company a 1 and eastern publishers pvt. The appellants are involved in the printing and publishing of various books relating to the field of law. Modak is a landmark case in the field of ipr laws of indian and questions the fact if the the edited judgements are considered as derivative work and can be the. Arsenault fellowship and subsequent admission in mcgill university. Shop eastern university apparel, textbooks, merchandise and gifts at the eagles bookstore. Appellant 1, eastern book company is a registered partnership firm carrying on the business of publishing law books. A 2 are the appellant a who are into publishing law books. It is classified as nongovt company and is registered at registrar of companies, kanpur.
In the early 1800s, five families settle on the eastern river i. Welcome to the official page of eastern book company, indias leading law information provider. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at eastern book. One such publication is a law report titled supreme court cases scc, containing all. One of the wellknown publications of appellant 1 eastern book company is the law report supreme court cases scc. Eastern book company, a well known publishing concern had filed two suits bearing nos. Modak, where the supreme court discarded the sweat of the brow doctrine and shifted to a modicum of creativityapproach as followed in the us.