Hidayatulla h Natio nal Law University, Raipur (C.G.

)
B.A. LL.B. (Honours)
Merged Mid Term & End Term Examination, August-December, 2021
Semester-VII
IPR-Copyright (Honours)
Mandatory Instru ctions
 Max. Ma rks : 30
 The candidates are required to sp ecify in t heir subm iss ion: N am e, ID No., Sem est er and Subject
 SACE must be appr oximately 2500-3000 words inclusive of references/foot not es, in Times New
Roman, 12 font size, 1.5 line spacing and standard margins
 SACEs to be subm itted in a single word file to the r espective turnit in class/assignment created by the
concerned faculty of the subject
 A Maxim um o f 30% similarity index with correct cit ations may be allowed wit h resp ect to the single
file submitted by th e student
 Submissions will not be accepted if the stu dents are resorting to unfair/unet hical practices
 S tudents shall kee p saved full Turnitin Report of their assignments for future course of action
 After s ubmission of ass ignment, the SACE Viva Voce w ill be scheduled by the concerned faculty and
the same should b e informed to the students in advance. Vi va-voce shall be conduct ed for 15 marks
(Timeline 6th – 14th De cembe r 2021)
 Last date of SACEs submission is on 30t h November, 2021
 For other det ails s ee t he guidelines issued on 18.10.2021 regarding M erged Mid T erm & End Term
Examinat ion, August-December, 2021.

SACE-I
1. Mr. Antony Lobo is a social activist, w orking among the children in Goa. Pintu, a 10-year- old
boy, a victim of child sexual abuse and involved in drug trafficking shared his experiences
with Mr. Lobo, which w as later publis hed as a book named "Unknown Innocence''. Inspired
by the book, Mr. Karan Mehta, a filmmaker, made an English film, "Silence" n arrating the
story of a child character going through life experiences similar to that of P intu. Mr. Antony
Lobo f iles an infringement action against Mr. Karan Mehta.

In the light of the above facts, answer the following questions –

a) Rais e arguments from the side of Mr. Antony Lobo (Marks 12)
b) Rais e arguments from the side of Mr. Karan Mehta (Marks 12)
c) Elaborate the tests for copyright infringement (Marks 6)

Support your answers with the help of relevant provisions and case laws of the Copyright Act,
1957.

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