Plagiarizm In Fashion Industry

Copyright is one of the main branches of intellectual property rights, together with patents and trademarks. The copyright law was originally conceived to provide protection against unauthorized reproduction of books and publications. But the modern day world of information age, the copyright law provides the framework not only for the protection of traditional beneficiaries like individual owner, artist or composer, but also for the investments required for the creation of works by major cultural industries like film, broadcasting, and computer software industry.

The Delhi High Court in Suneet Varma Design Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. V. Jas Kirat Singh Narula & Anr. 2007 (34) PTC 81 (Del.) addressed the question as to whether, a particular dress in a film was only by way of background or ‘incidental to the principal matters’ represented in the film, ancillary to the key dispute of infringement of copyright of the plaintiffs in a particular dress designed by them.