I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Anusha Das, a final year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Anusha has keen interest in copyright, trademark and media laws and enjoys keeping close tabs on developments in the field. In the course...
What happens when two people claim rights on the same work? Both are right-holders in ‘their opinion’; both have run ‘their’ rights for a substantial time until one day their obliviousness outbursts. Here, how to test ‘true’ ownership? Is it a question of law or a question of fact?...
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR TWO BACK TO BACK MEETINGS TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO COPYRIGHT SOCIETIES
Anushree Rauta -
The last week of 2019 saw some action from the Government’s end on an otherwise neglected sector.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry through Department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade vide its notice dated December 24, 2019 called for a meeting in Delhi on December 27, 2019.
The invitees...
DELHI HIGH COURT REFUSES TO GRANT AD-INTERIM INJUNCTION TO SAREGAMA IN ITS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT SUIT AGAINST MADDOCK FILMS FOR THE SONG “KE ODHNI ODHU ODHU NE UDI JAYE” [READ...
Anushree Rauta -
Continuing its litigation drive, Saregama India Limited recently dragged Maddock Films Pvt. Ltd, producers of the upcoming Rajkumar Rao and Mouni Roy starrer ‘Made in China’ to the Delhi High Court alleging infringement of their copyright in the song titled ‘Ke Odhni Odhu Odhu Ne Udi Jaye”.
(Link to the...
T-SERIES MOVES DELHI HIGH COURT AGAINST RELEVANT E-SOLUTIONS, TIGER GLOBAL, BERTELSMANN AND INMOBI FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF THEIR WORKS ON THE MOBILE APP ‘ROPOSO’ [READ ORDER]
Anushree Rauta -
Roposo, a video sharing service backed by global venture capitalists Tiger Global and Bertelsmann as lead investors has been sued before the Delhi High Court by T-Series, for violation of copyright in thousands of its songs.
T-Series asserted that Roposo has been violating its copyrighted content in a number of...
Delhi High Court Upholds the Constitutionality of Rules Relating to Tariff Schemes of Copyright Societies Under the Copyright Rules, 2013
Anushree Rauta -
In a rather detailed judgment dated May 28th, 2018, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Copyright Rules, 2013 in the matter of Anand Bhushan & Ors. v. Union of India.
To give a brief background: In 2013, a writ petition was filed in...
STREISAND EFFECT OF ‘GENDA PHOOL’ SONG: INTERNET AND ITS MYSTIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH COPYRIGHT
Lokesh Vyas -
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...
The Delhi High Court’s recent decision in Samir Kasal v. Prashant Mehta delved into the question of copyrightability of cricket. It also delved into the legal principles of breach of confidentiality, while also demotivating plaintiff’s intention to cause harm to the defendants by approaching the Court at the nick...
I am delighted to announce that we at IPRMENTLAW are conducting for the first time ever, the biggest virtual roundtable conference on June 21, 2020 at 4.30pm on the occasion of the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012 completing eight years, topic being ‘Need to revamp the Copyright Act?’.
In 2010, I...
Producers Copyright Guild issues public notice inviting authors of sound recordings and cinematographic films to form a copyright society
Anushree Rauta -
Producers Copyright Guild (PCG) has issued a public notice in a trade magazine inviting all sound recording and cinematographic film authors to get membership of the PCG. ‘Author’ referred in the public notice is “Producer” as defined under Section 2 (d)(v) of the Copyright Act, 1957.
The public notice further...