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(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957 and are entitled to copyright protection. All the engineering drawings are computer generated drawings prepared by the draftsman Mr. Aman under the employment of the plaintiff and under the supervision of Mr. Naresh Babbar, Managing Director of the Plaintiff. The said engineering drawings are artistic works, designed and created at instance of Plaintiff for valuable consideration paid. The plaintiff, therefore, is the owner of copyright therein having exclusive right to use or reproduce features thereof in any material form, directly or indirectly, including three dimensional form from two dimensional drawings or three dimensional form by the process of "reverse engineering". The fabrication of any Wrecker equipment (LRV) based on the engineering drawings and specifications of the Plaintiff without plaintiff‟s authorization constitute violation of Plaintiff‟s copyright in the engineering drawings pertaining thereto, which, apart from constituting CS (OS) 803/2009 Page 7 infringement under Section 51 (a) of the Copyright Act, 1957, also amounts to cognizable offence, punishable with imprisonment up to three years and fine up to Rupees Two lakhs, under Sections-63 and 64 of the Copyright Act, 1957."