Producer Anurag Augustus Moves Kerala High Court To Cancel Screenwriter Jinu V Abraham's Copyright Over Script For Film Kaduva

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday took up a petition seeking the cancellation of screenwriter Jinu Vargheese Abraham's copyright in the script of Kaduva. The plea, filed by Advocate Santhosh Mathew, narrates that the script in question was written after Jinu along with his cousin, Associate Director Mathew Thomas approached Augustus seeking to raise funds for a prospective storyline regarding the life and legal battles of a planter named Jose Kuruvinakunnel of Pala in Kottayam District. Augustus also challenges Jinu's copyright claim over the title and character name kaduvakunnel Kuruvachan, and contends that the title of a movie or literary work are not copyrightable. In addition to the prayer for quash, Augustus' petition seeks these reliefs, A direction to the Registrar of Copyright to correct the register of copyright by substituting Jinu's name with that of the Augustus as owner of copyright in Kaduvakunnel Kuruvachan; A declaration that Jinu does not hold any exclusive right over the title or character named Kaduvakunnel Kuruvachan since the same Is not an original literary work In the interim, Augustus seeks a stay on the operation of the certificate of registration In favour of Jinu and also pleads that the his assignees or he are allowed to make use of the Title and character by name Kaduvakkunel Kuruvachan in a movie without any obstruction from the Jinu or his assignees.