INTRODUCTION
I encountered a copyright dispute during my internship at an IP law firm. An author and a movie director, once collaborators and friends, found themselves on opposite sides of a courtroom. Observing their unravelled partnership, I couldn’t shake one thought: What if there was a better way? Mediation could...
“Rachnatmak Bharat, Abhinav Bharat” (Creative India, Innovative India)- this slogan was the backbone of the National IPR Policy (hereinafter referred to as Policy) that was launched on 12th May, 2016. To realise this objective, the Policy focussed on various facets of intellectual property development, ranging from the commercialisation of...
About the Author: Shubham Singh, Fourth Year, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Candidate, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.
On May 26, 2020, President Donald J. Trump tweeted that mail-in ballots would be substantially fraudulent and subject to robbery and forgery. In furtherance of its policy and terms of use to check any...
This post is authored by Shreesh Chadha, Vth Year, Jindal Global Law School
Recently, a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court had the opportunity to consider the defence of ‘prior user’ as mentioned in S. 34 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 (Act). The provision states that a...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Archita Prawasi. Archita is currently a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
The recent dispute between PVR Private Limited and Justdial.com brought about intriguing connection between various facets of networking and IP infringement, that ensues...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ritisha Mukherjee. Ritisha is a young lawyer having recently graduated from Nirma University with specialization in Intellectual Property Rights. She takes keen interest in media and entertainment laws and is currently working at Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd....
We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Mr. Arnav Bose and Mr. Gursimar Singh Setia who are currently 3rd year law students pursuing a BA LLB course at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Both of them are part of NUJS Society...
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...
