The doctrines governing Copyright Law often compete against each
other to enable determine disputes involving various aspects. The
idea-expression dichotomy is often balanced against the fair-use
provision in the Indian copyright regime. Explicating the same and
also visualizing the dispute while drawing from the standpoint of
the American transformative theory is the case of The
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of The University of Oxford v.
Narendra Publishing House and Ors. [IA 9823/2005, 51/2006 and
647/2006 in CS(OS) 1656/2005]
The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford,
a well-known publisher of academic books is engaged in publishing
in India since 1912. With established show rooms in different
places of India, Oxford claims to be publishing substantial number
of school books for use at all levels of schooling and for all
subjects, with the aid of a team of highly trained and committed
editorial, research, production and marketing
