In a significant development in the domain of digital IP enforcement, Sony Music Entertainment India Private Limited has dragged Myntra Designs Private Limited to the Bombay High Court over the alleged unauthorized use of its copyrighted sound recordings in promotional materials.
The dispute seems to be on Myntra’s use of...
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Music is an important part of Indian culture and no weddings in India are complete without music. Understanding this, an exception of fair use of music at marriages and social festivities associated with marriage was expressly carved out under Section 52(1)(za) of the Copyright Act, 1957 vide an amendment...
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has vide notification dated July 21, 2020 approved the following proposals for appointment to the posts of Technical member (Patents), Technical Member (Trademarks) and Technical Member (Copyrights) in IPAB for a period of four years.
Read notification: here
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The Bombay High Court vide its order dated May 22, 2020 refused to grant any ad-interim reliefs to the plaintiffs Sameer Wadekar and Mahesh Gosavi in their copyright infringement claim against Netflix, Red Chillies, director and writer of the Series, where the plaintiffs claimed that the web series infringed...
In the past two years, the Central Government has slowly but steadily moved towards the decriminalisation of offences based on industry feedback that antiquated laws hamper the ease of doing business in India. There is also a school of thought that decriminalising certain economic offences will reduce the immense...
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On 8th October 2023, NRI author George Thundiparambil filed a lawsuit against the team behind the novel “Barroz - Guardian of D’ Gama’s Treasure”, asserting that both the novel and forthcoming 3D film of the same name, infringed on his copyrighted work MAYA. The lawsuit has been filed in...
By Anushka Verma
While all of us have often been engrossed in watching sportspersons’ flair on various courts, the producers of the show ‘Spicy Pitch’ have also given lawyers (and others) interested in trademarks to be engrossed in some home court activity. The Plaintiff is Greek Goddess Media, a firm...
This is a two parts post. The first part discusses the judgment of the Bombay High Court and the second part analyses the policy implications of Copyright Registration and proposes certain recommendations in this regard.
Copyright Registration: A Convolutional Need?
Question: “Is it necessary to register a work to claim copyright?”...
