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Qliktech International AB vs. DCIT
5. Ld. Counsel for the assessee did not press ground of appeal No. 1 being general in nature and ground of appeal No. 13 being consequential in nature for which Ld. DR has no objection. Therefore the above two grounds are dismissed as not pressed. 5.1 So far as the remaining grounds are concerned the Ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that assessee is a tax resident of Sweden, therefore, in view of Section 90(2) of the Act or the DTAA whichever is more beneficial to the assessee shall apply. He submitted that since the definition of royalty provided under Article 12 of the India-Sweden DTAA is more beneficial as compared to the provisions of Section 9(1)(vi) of the Act, therefore, the DTAA shall apply. He submitted that the Tribunal in assessee's own case for the immediately preceding asstt. Year i.e asstt. Year 2012-13 and 2013-14 had held that what is being provided by Qlik India to end users is neither the copyright in the software nor the use of the copyright in the software but right to use the copyrighted material or article which is clearly distinct from the rights in a copyright. It has held that the right that is being transferred is not a right to use the copyright but is only limited to the right to use the copyrighted material and the same Qliktech International AB vs. DCIT does not give rise to any royalty income. He submitted that the QlikTech Software product in question in the current year and also in the preceding assessment year is the same, He further submitted that the sale of software in the instant case cannot be held to be "use of process" or "information concerning Industrial, commercial or scientific experience" because the end users do not have any access to the source code and what is available merely for their use is software product as such and not the process embedded in it and all intellectual property rights and other rights relating to the QlikTech products at all times is the exclusive property of the assessee.