“useful article” means an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to
portray the appearance of the article or to convey information;
“work” means any artistic, literary or scientific work, or a derivative work;
“work of applied art” means an artistic creation with utilitarian functions or incorporated in
a useful article, whether made by hand or produced on an industrial scale;
“work of joint authorship” means a work to the creation of which 2 or more authors have
contributed.
PART II- PROTECTION OF WORKS
3. �
Protection of works
(1)
Every artistic, literary or scientific work shall be an original intellectual creation in the
artistic, literary or scientific domain.
(2)
Every work shall be protected where it is fixed in some material form and
irrespective of its mode or form of expression.
4. �
Derivative works
The protection of any derivative work shall be without prejudice to any protection of a pre-
existing work or traditional cultural expression or expression of folklore incorporated in or utilised
for the making of such a work.
5. �
Subject matter not protected
Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4, no protection under this Act shall extend to —
(a) any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery or
mere data;