GUEST POST: MRIDULA BHAT: OBSCENE OR THE YOUTH’S DAILY LANGUAGE: WHO GETS TO DECIDE THE “NEW NORMAL”?
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In TVF Media Labs Private Limited & Ors vs the State , the Delhi High Court strongly objected to the ‘obscene’ and ‘profane’ language used in the web series, ‘College Romance’ based on college friendships and relationships. The Court upheld an order of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM)...
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.
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Dramatic performance is a form of...
Guest Post: Rishubh Agarwal: A Discourse on the Constitutionality of the ‘progressive’ IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
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About the Author: Rishubh Agarwal is a 4th Year, BBA LL.B (Hons.) student at Jindal Global Law School
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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...
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: AASHNA SHETH: TRADE SECRETS AND THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
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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: ABHISHEK IYER: SHARING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PUBLIC INTEREST – FAIR DEALING?
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About the Author:Abhishek Iyer is a 4th Year B.A.-LL.B. Student at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. He had earlier written a post for us here.
Recently, a spokesperson for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (“ISKON”) got into trouble for sharing a copyrighted video of Shemaroo on social media platform...
GUEST POST: ANGAD SINGH MAKKAR-REVIEWING INDIA’S GAMBLING LAWS AS DELHI HIGH COURT DEALS WITH ANTI-GAMBLING PIL
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Angad Singh Makkar. Angad is currently a final year student at Jindal Global Law School and had earlier written a post for us here and here. In this post Angad analyses the jurisprudence on gambling laws in India in light...
GUEST POST- YASH MITTAL- ANALYSING “FLAVOUR” AND “PRODUCT” DESCRIPTORS AS A GROUND FOR PROTECTION UNDER TRADEMARK ACT, 1999 IN THE CONTEXT OF ITC LTD. V. NESTLE INDIA LTD.
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The Author, Yash Mittal, is a Final Year Student at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
Recently in ITC Ltd. v. Nestle India Ltd., Yippee Noodles (a product of ITC Ltd.) sued its competitor Maggi (a product of Nestle India Ltd.) , seeking a permanent injunction against Maggi in order...
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: LOKESH VYAS: TANTALIZING TERMS OF PROTECTION FOR UNPUBLISHED WORK UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957: TIME TO REVAMP THE STATUS QUO?
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Lokesh Vyas. Lokesh is currently a 4th year student at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. In this post he analyses a critical point missed out by the draftsmen of Chapter V of the Copyright Act, 1957...