Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000
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Undertakings concerning licences of right. |
130.—(1) Where, in proceedings for infringement of the copyright in a work in respect of which a licence is available as of right, the defendant undertakes to take a licence on such terms as may be agreed or, in default of agreement, settled by the Controller— | |
(a) no injunction shall be granted against the defendant, | ||
(b) no order for delivery up shall be made under section 131 , and | ||
(c) the amount recoverable against the defendant by way of damages or on an account of profits shall not exceed three times the amount which would have been payable by the defendant as licensee where a licence on those terms had been granted before the earliest infringement. | ||
(2) An undertaking under subsection (1) may be given at any time before the final order in the proceedings without any admission of liability. | ||
(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the remedies available in respect of an infringement committed before a licence was available as of right. |