Guest Post: Generative AI & Copyright Exhaustion: Evaluating India’s Proposed Centralised Licensing Model
Lokesh Vyas -6
About Author: Sminal Badge, is a 4th Year student from Maharashtra National Law University.
The rise of generative AI from ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion to large language and image models has collided with traditional copyright. AI systems rely on massive datasets scraped from books, articles,...
Aaj Tak Logo gets protection from infringement by the Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently passed an ex parte interim injunction order protecting news channel Aaj Tak’s logo from trademark infringement by digital news channel ‘Charcha Aaj Ki’ .
Excel Entertainment seals landmark deal with Universal Music Group
Excel Entertainment, co-founded by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, has entered into a strategic partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), constituting one of the largest minority-stake investments in the Indian entertainment sector. Pursuant to the...
What would you, as a film producer do, if someone came to you and said “I saw something in your movie trailer, but I did not see it in the movie. Pay me 60k for my agony.”
It sounds absurd but that is exactly what happened in this Supreme Court...
Intellectual Property Rights are said to symbolize innovation, creation, and progress. Why would they not? We have been hearing this for quite some time. Because we have had it for so long, a part of us does believe that IP helps generate knowledge. It soothes our socio-legal consciousness around...
Human Artistry Campaign, a new coalition to Ensure AI Doesn’t Replace Artists- This AI music revolution has posed some important existential questions for the art form and music creation. The advancements in AI songwriting software and chatbots like ChatGPT have shown that the AI music revolution is much closer...
Bombay City Civil Court refuses to restrain release of web series Scam 2003: The Curios Case of Abdul Karim Lala Telgi in a plea filed by Abdul Telgi’s daughter
Bombay City Civil Court on December 23, rejected a plea seeking temporary injunction on the release of the web series: Scam 2003:...
New Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels – A Welcoming Change
Pranita Saboo -
I. Introduction:
On November 09, 2022, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB)’s Broadcasting wing passed guideline for uplinking and downlinking of television channels (“Guidelines”) that extends to whole of India and has come in effect from November 09, 2022. The Guideline has replaced the previous two guidelines for uplinking...
Delhi High Court observed that Google cannot absolve itself from the liability of ensuring that the keywords used are not an infringement of a trademark
An application was moved by DR Logistics before the Delhi High Court, seeking an interim ex-parte injunction against Google India, Google LLC and Just Dial,...
HIGH COURT ASKS TV CHANNELS TO NOT ADD DEFAMATORY CONTENT MATERIAL On hearing the plea, Delhi High Court passed an interim order asking media houses to ensure that no defamatory content be uploaded on social media platforms or displayed on their channels. The lawsuit was filed by Bollywood...














