Copyright Board Expunges Vest Pharma´s Registered Work

Section 50 of the Copyright Act, 1957 {Rectification of Register by Copyright Board} vests the Copyright Society with the power to Rectify the Register by ordering the inclusion of any entry wrongly omitted in the register and correction of any errors or defects in the register. The Section also empowers the Board to order to expunge any entry wrongly made or remaining on its register. Exercising such a power accorded under the section is the case of Wings Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. v. Vest Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. [2009(39) PTC 385 (CB)]

An application had been filed under S. 50 of the Copyright Act, 1957 for expunction of an application before the Copyright Board with respect to Wings Pharmaceuticals' registration for its artistic work "DISCLOWIN PLUS". They claimed to learn of a copyright registration in favour of Vest Pharmaceuticals in a written statement filed by Vest in respect of a civil suit filed against them by Wings Pharmaceuticals in respect of a