I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ritisha Mukherjee. Ritisha is a young lawyer having recently graduated from Nirma University with specialization in Intellectual Property Rights. She takes keen interest in media and entertainment laws and is currently working at Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd....
GUEST POST: ANKIT RELAN- MUSIC SUB-PUBLISHING IN INDIA AND HOW LEGAL IS IT, REALLY?
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ankit Relan, Partner- Mason & Associates that explains the position of law in India surrounding sub-publishing of music. Ankit is a practicing attorney based out of Delhi and represents some of the biggest names in the film...
Guest Post: Jenil Shah: Importance of Cross Border Public-Private Partnership to tackle Online Piracy
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While the global media and entertainment (M&E) sector has seen recovery as well as significant growth after the pandemic, online piracy has also been growing with estimates that the illegal pirate video services will be a $67 billion industry by 2023. Between January 2022 and August 2022, a significant...
GUEST POST: DR. G.R. RAGHAVENDER: FUTURE OF INDIAN COPYRIGHT LAW IN THE FACE OF THE EMERGING DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
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Today, 21st June is the eleventh anniversary of the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012 (Act 24 of 2012) coming into force after it was notified in the Gazette by the Central Government on June 21, 2012. It was earlier passed unanimously by the Indian Parliament on May 22, 2012, and...
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...
GUEST POST: RISHIKA GARG: DRAFT COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020: A DOMINANT TYRANT OR A LEGISLATIVE PROTECTOR?
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About Author: Rishika Garg is a fifth- year B.Com LLB student at Institute of Law, Nirma University. She has a keen interest in Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law.
INTRODUCTION
The Competition Act, 2002 (Act) was enforced almost a decade ago. Since then the Competition Commission of India (CCI)...
GUEST POST: UJJAWAL BHARGAVA: RIGHTS OF ‘AEROSOL ARTISTS’ IN THE TIMES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ujjawal Bhargava, third-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.
Graffiti commonly known as ‘Street Art’ was earlier recognized as...
GUEST POST: ARCHITA PRAWASI -DELINKING THE DEEP LINKS AN INSIGHT INTO THE PVR-JUSTDIAL CONTROVERSY
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Archita Prawasi. Archita is currently a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
The recent dispute between PVR Private Limited and Justdial.com brought about intriguing connection between various facets of networking and IP infringement, that ensues...
GUEST POST: AASHNA SHETH: TRADE SECRETS AND THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Anushree Rauta -
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Aashna Sheth. Aashna Sheth is an LLM graduate in IPR from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Aashna had earlier written a post for us here on the Roger Federer vs Nike case and use of names in...
GUEST POST: “CREATIVE INDIA, INNOVATIVE INDIA”- THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE- BY MRIDULA DALVI
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“Rachnatmak Bharat, Abhinav Bharat” (Creative India, Innovative India)- this slogan was the backbone of the National IPR Policy (hereinafter referred to as Policy) that was launched on 12th May, 2016. To realise this objective, the Policy focussed on various facets of intellectual property development, ranging from the commercialisation of...