GUEST POST: ABHILASHA BHATNAGAR: SYNCHRONIZATION LICENSES: THINGS CONTENT PRODUCERS MUST KNOW
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Abhilasha Bhatnagar. Abhilasha is an Intellectual Property Rights counsel with over 8 years of exposure across leading law firms, broadcast media, and music record labels. She has extensive experience in advising on music, media, sports and entertainment...
Guest Post-Shankey Agrawal- Implications of GST on Entertainment and Media Industry – Part-I
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Shankey Agrawal is an advocate with over 9 years of experience in the field of Indirect Tax advisory and Litigation (before administrative and judicial fora). He has been associated with Deloitte as a retainer counsel since September 2017, providing Litigation Support including representational services as an advocate in Indirect Taxation.
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In the recent few months, artificial intelligence products such as Midjourney, Stability AI and ChatGPT have taken the forefront in terms of innovation in technology. These “AI Generative Tools” are designed to respond to text-based inputs and generate images, pictures or information. The tools can generate works that can...
Author: Neha Bhambhani
Introduction
India’s cultural memory is being rewritten in real-time through music. The songs that were preserved on tapes and cassettes in the 1960s are now global digital assets. Today, they are being streamed online in the form of short videos, advertisements, and remixes, which can be licensed...
Guest Post: The BCCI and Creative Industry Should Form An Alliance To Fight Digital Piracy -By Jenil Shah & Mridula Dalvi
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The BCCI will be conducting the IPL Media rights auction any time now and per newspaper reports the bidding will be fierce given that both TV broadcasters and tech giants will be putting in their bids. The last time the final bid for 5 years was a whopping Rs...
Guest Post: Dr. G.R.Raghavender: World IP Day 2025: ‘Feel the Beat of IP’ in Human or AI-Generated Music
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Every year, on April 26, World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is observed globally to spotlight the crucial role IP rights play in nurturing creativity and innovation. This date marks the anniversary of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which came into force in 1970. The 2025...
GUEST POST: ABHILASHA NAUTIYAL- EXTENSION OF DEADLINES FOR IP FILINGS IN INDIA – CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE IP OFFICE NOTICES AND THE SUPREME COURT’S ORDER?
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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...
GUEST POST: AYUSHI DUBEY: PEPS INDUSTRIES v. KURLON LIMITED: A TUSSLE BETWEEN PRIOR USE AND REGISTERED TRADEMARK
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About the Author: Ayushi Dubey is a fourth year law student in the Institute of Law, Nirma University.
Introduction
Recently, the Delhi High Court (“the Court”) in the case of Peps Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. Kurlon Ltd. discussed in detail the major areas concerning the trademark laws in India. The judgment...
GUEST POST: SUDARSHAN MJ: LIGHTS, CAMERA, COPYRIGHT: CURTAINS CLOSE ON THE ISSUE OF COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP IN THE SCREENPLAY OF SATYAJIT RAY’S FILM ‘NAYAK’
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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...
GUEST POST: ANUNAY KUMAR :GOOGLE’S NEW ‘LICENSING BADGE’ AND WHAT IT ENTAILS FOR ARTISTS AND USERS.
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About Author: Anunay Kumar is a fourth year student at O P Jindal University
Everyday millions of users which include both individuals and corporations log onto their screens and would use google to look for a desired picture and 'borrow' the same without any reservation for both commercial and non-commercial...


















