I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Sudarshan Mohta. Sudarshan is a Mumbai based lawyer pursuing media and entertainment laws and is currently working with Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. He also works with SheSays India, an NGO voicing and championing women’s rights.
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Guest Post: The BCCI and Creative Industry Should Form An Alliance To Fight Digital Piracy -By Jenil Shah & Mridula Dalvi
Anushree Rauta -
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: 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...
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...
GUEST POST: ABHISHEK IYER: SHARING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PUBLIC INTEREST – FAIR DEALING?
Angad Makkar -
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-RAMIT RANA AND MALVIKA AGGARWAL-NAME REGISTRATION OF A DECEASED PERSONALITY – WITHIN TRADEMARK REGIME ………(A RACE BEGAN AFTER THE DEMISE OF GEORGE FLOYD IN U.S.).!
Anushree Rauta -
We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post co-authored by Ramit Rana and Malvika Aggarwal (Co-Author):
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 experience. He has industry...
Guest Post-Shankey Agrawal- Implications of GST on Entertainment and Media Industry – Part-I
Anushree Rauta -
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.
Prior...
Guest post: Ankit Relan- Mashups, Cover Versions and all that Jazz under the Indian Copyright Law
Anushree Rauta -
I am pleased to bring to you our first guest post by Ankit Relan. Ankit Relan, is a practicing attorney in the Delhi High Court, and represents some of the biggest names in the film and music industry in India. He handles the copyright and technology law practice at...
GUEST POST: GEETANJALI VISVANATHAN- LANDMARK JUDGEMENT DELIVERED BY THE DELHI HIGH COURT ON JULY 1, 2019 UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS ACT, 2001.
Anushree Rauta -
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Geetanjali Visvanathan. Geetanjali Visvanathan, is a practicing attorney in the Delhi High Court with 10 years of experience in the field of civil commercial laws, in particular intellectual property laws. She is currently a Partner at Ira...
GUEST POST: SNEHA JAIN: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF DELHI HIGH COURT’S RECENT DECISION IN MRF LTD VS METRO TYRES HOLDING THAT TO ‘MAKE A COPY’ OF A FILM IS...
Anushree Rauta -
Sneha Jain is a Partner at Saikrishna & Associates, a leading IP-boutique firm based out of Delhi. She is a graduate from ILS Law College Pune and joined the profession in 2010. She provides litigation and dispute resolution advise with special focus on media and entertainment, information technology and...