copyright in an existing work or the prospective owner of the copyright in a future work may assign to any person the copyright either wholly ... future work includes the legal representatives of the assignee, if the assignee dies before the work comes into existence. (i) A mere agreement to assign
recognizes two kinds of assignment, one being assignment of
existing work and the other being assignment of future work. This is one
instance of recognition ... other agreement is the agreement to enter into
assignment or agreement to assign future work. The law as it emanates
from various judicial authorities
deals with assignment of future work
"...or the prospective owner of the copyright in a future work may
assign to any person the copyright ... assignment in respect of future works comes into effect when
the work is created. This enabling language for future works was
added
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The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994
HIMACHAL PRADESH
India
The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation
future right to be assigned and that in the circumstances of
the present case, assignment, if any, of the copyright in
any future work ... future right to be assigned and
that in the circumstances of the present case, assignment,
if any, of the copyright in any future work
assignment of copyright in an existing work. Assignment can be done by the owner of the copyright in an existing work. Section 18 permits assignment ... will come into existence in future by a contract of assignment. Though an agreement for assignment of a future work is permitted by Section
copyright in an
existing work or the prospective owner of the copyright in a future
work may assign to any person the copyright either wholly ... case of the assignment of copyright in any
future work, the assignment shall take effect only when the work
comes into existence:
Provided further that
copyright in an existing work or the prospective owner of the copyright in a future work may assign to any person the copyright either wholly ... work, as well as of the future work. In this case, we are
concerned with the copyright of the existing work because the work
