We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Abhishek Iyer, 3rd Year B.A.-LL.B. Student at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
On 5th March, 2020, Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court in Nathu Ram & Ors. v State of Rajasthan, while referring to a larger bench considered the issue of...
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- ADITI GUPTA AND HARSH KAMDAR- TRADEMARK MAXIMALISM: DOES (MUCH) PROTECTION AFFECTS COMPETITION?
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About The Authors-
Aditi Gupta and Harsh Kamdar are fifth-year law students at the Institute of Law, Nirma University with keen interest in the field of Intellectual Property Rights and Media & Entertainment Law.
Can “square packaging” of the chocolates provide exclusive rights to its owner? It was answered in affirmative in...
GUEST POST: POOJA KAPADIA AND SIMREN MEHRA (TULSEA): 12 THINGS ARTISTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LEGAL CONTRACTS
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Pooja Kapadia is the Head of Legal and Business Affairs at Tulsea, a leading strategic talent and content management company based in Mumbai and Los Angeles that represents India’s leading content creators (actors and directors) who are a part of Pataal Lok, Sacred Games, Leila, Ghoul, Betaal,...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Apurva Agarwal. Apurva Agarwal is a lawyer with technology background having earned a Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering. She pursued her LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and then went on to earn an LL.M. from...
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: 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: 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...
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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...
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: AASHNA SHETH: FEDERER V NIKE AND THE USE OF NAMES IN SPONSORSHIP AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
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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. During her time at UPenn she focussed extensively on copyrights, trademarks, entertainment law and trade secrets.
The advent of technology and...