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 the second part of the guest post by Shankey Agrawal on the implications of GST on the entertainment and media industry. Shankey Agrawal is an advocate with over 9 years of experience in the field of Indirect Tax advisory and Litigation (before...
We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post co-authored by Ramit Rana and Aman Sagar. Ramit is the founding Partner at STEP NEXT LEGAL, New Delhi. He is a Practising Advocate at the Delhi High Court, and other lower Courts of Delhi with over five years of...
About Author: Keshab Roy Choudhury is a fourth year student at Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat. He is interested in IP and competition law.
I. Introduction:
The WIPO has recognized the importance of leveraging the power of IP to protect the commercial interests of the various participants in the...
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 .
Recently, the...
We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Abhilasha Nautiyal. Abhilasha is a lawyer with 10 years’ experience. She is an attorney at Ira Law and has a master’s in law from Harvard Law School.
The Supreme Court’s order extending limitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Recently, the Delhi High Court in RDB & Co. HUF vs. Harper Collins, summarily rejected the Plaintiff’s prayer to restrain the Defendant, i.e. Harper Collins, from novelising the screenplay of the popular Bengali film ‘Nayak’, which was written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Placing reliance on Section 13(4) of...
About the Author
Preetish Agrawal is a student of O.P. Jindal Global University pursuing B.B.A.L.L.B.(Hons.). He is interested in the field of Media and Entertainment Law and is also pursuing a Diploma Course on Intellectual Property, Media, and Entertainment Laws from LawSikho for the same.
Introduction
Dramatic performance is a form of...
We are pleased to bring to you our next Guest Post by Ms. Savni D. Endlaw, Associate Partner and Ms. Sneha Jain, Partner at Saikrishna & Associates.
Savni and Sneha are a part of Saikrishna’s litigation and dispute resolution team. They represent some of the top tech companies (social media,...
About the Author: Rishubh Agarwal is a 4th Year, BBA LL.B (Hons.) student at Jindal Global Law School
Introduction
In a sovereign democracy, it is both implied and fundamental that the government serves to ‘protect’ its citizens, if we draw from the idea that the government is of, by and for the...
