New interpretation of Section 31D? Calcutta High Court single bench’s decision in Saregama India Limited vs The New Digital Media & Anr
Anushree Rauta -0
While going through Calcutta High Court’s order dated December 22, 2017 in the matter of Saregama India Limited vs The New Digital Media & Anr , a portion discussing Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957 caught my attention.
The portion reads as under:
“In any view of the matter even...
BREAKING: CALCUTTA HIGH COURT DIRECTS VODAFONE TO DEPOSIT INR 2.5 CRORES IN A SUIT FILED BY IPRS. [READ ORDER]
Anushree Rauta -
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...
IS A PLOT/ THEME COPYRIGHTABLE? LET US END THE CONTROVERSY AND CONFLICT – DISSECTING LOOTCASE: PART 1
Akshat Agrawal -
This is part 1 of a two-part post and I shall be discussing the court’s take in the Lootcase film decision and its conflicting rationale with the decision in the case of the Singardaan TV series – Link to part 2
Introduction
In the recent decision related to a copyright infringement...
Recently the dispute between Shumita Deb (daughter of legendary musician Late Manna Dey) and Saregama reached the Supreme Court where the latter agreed to remove and not make any further use of the photographs and the name of Manna Dey on the cover of the subject CDs on a...
THE IMPLICATIONS OF RDB & CO. V. HARPERCOLLINS INDIA JUDGEMENT AND THE POSSIBLE NEED TO REVISIT THE DEFINITION OF A ‘CINEMATOGRAPH FILM’
Siddhant Sanghavi -
On the 23rd of May, Justice C. Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court while dealing with the matter of RDB and Co. v. Harper Collins India Pvt. Ltd. regarding the ownership of copyrights to the screenplay of 1996 film ‘Nayak’ held that the first owner of the copyright...
A decade ago on this very day, the Copyright Amendment Act of 2012 came into effect. This amendment brought with it some sea changes which changed the landscape of the way the media and entertainment industry especially the music industry was functioning. As we celebrate the tenth year of...
I urge you not to draw conclusions without reading this entire post. The intent is not to derail any entity but to have an open discussion on imminent issues daunting the entire media and entertainment industry especially when the lawyers of each side are gearing up for decade long...
GUEST POST: UJJAWAL BHARGAVA: THE SCRAPPING OF IPAB AND EXTENSION OF ITS CHAIRMAN: WHERE DOES THEIR FATE LIE?
Lokesh Vyas -
We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ujjawal Bhargava, fourth-year student of the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Ujjawal has a keen interest in the subject of Intellectual Property, specifically copyright and trademark laws. He has written for us earlier here and here.
INTRODUCTION
Recently, the Indian...
‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ Legal Woes Continue As Multiple Cases Are Filed In the Delhi and Bombay High Court
Anushree Rauta -
On Tuesday, 17th July 2018, the Delhi High Court vide an order secured the commercial interest of Gothic Entertainment in the film “Batti Gul Meter Chalu” (“Film”), whilst restraining them from interfering with the commercial exploitation of the Film in any manner whatsoever.
This order (yet to be uploaded) was...
Introduction
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...