In an appeal filed by IPRS before Delhi High Court against the single bench decision passed by Justice Endlaw on January 4, 2021, the division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Asha Menon on January 14, 2021 issued notice and held that until further orders, the single bench decision...
The Calcutta High Court vide its order dated October 12, 2018 has directed Vodafone Idea Limited to deposit a sum of INR 2.5 crores with the HC Registrar within three weeks. The order was passed in a copyright infringement suit filed by Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) praying for...
On November 20, 2019 the media and entertainment industry woke up to the breaking news about FIR being filed by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) against one of India’s leading film studio and music label YRF (Yash Raj Films).
The news read as under:
“The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai...
The Telangana High Court, in a recent decision titled M/S Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited v. Nandi Chinni Kumar and Ors., has upheld the concept of “life rights” as elements of copyright- and in fact, upheld an order for an injunction against the Appellant’s (hereinafter, “Defendant”) film, for violating...
TAKEAWAYS ABOUT SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTABILITY FROM WHAT TRANSPIRED AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
*Long post ahead*
PART 1: Software Copyright – Basic concept and background
PART 2: Analysis of the Google v. Oracle oral arguments at the US Supreme Court.
PART 1: SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS
Turn back to 1980, it is a new day, in...
Lahari Recording Company has challenged Section 31(1)(b) and 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957 before the Supreme Court by filing a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court vide order dated July 13, 2018 has issued notice in the matter. The matter is tentatively listed on...
(This post is co-authored with Sneha Jain, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates)
Having first considered the question of whether storing copyrightable works for training purposes is reproduction that amounts to copyright infringement under Section 51 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, in this second post of this series we will specifically...
This article is co-authored by me and Umang Sethi, a fourth year student from Institute of Law Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
In addition to being infamous for moral rights infraction, the controversy over the song “Genda Phool'' by Badshah, illustrates the mystifying nature of the internet. The song was embroiled in...
We are pleased to announce that IPRMENTLAW in collaboration with Creative First and FICCI has launched its first handbook "Copyright 101- A Handbook on Copyright for Content Creators and Owners'.
Link to the handbook: Copyright 101_Handbook
The Handbook is a useful compendium for content creators and owners in the media and...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Angad Singh Makkar. Angad is currently a 4th year student at Jindal Global Law School. He was the winner of the Global Anti-Trust moot court competition, organised by Antolin Scalia law school, George mason University, Washington DC....
