Delhi High Court rules on copyrightability of mechanical compilations: implications for Big Data?
Pragya Chaturvedi · Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice · 2019
Delhi High Court, Navigators Logistics Ltd v Kashif Qureshi & Ors CS, (COMM) 735/2016, 17 September 2018 In Navigators Logistics v Kashif Qureshi, the Delhi High Court held that no copyright can subsist in a compilation in the absence of authorship of a natural person and application of skill and judgment by such person in creating the compilation. In a jurisdiction that does not provide protection for non-original databases and weak remedies for breach of confidentiality, the judgment raises several questions on the future of IP protection of Big Data in India.