NO STAY ON 'PANIPAT'S' RELEASE; BOMBAY HC REFUSES TO GRANT RELIEF IN A PLEA BY MARATHI AUTHOR VISHWAS PATIL AGAINST THE FILM
A Marathi author Vishwas Patil had filed a lawsuit in Bombay high court against Ashutosh Gowariker’s upcoming release ' Panipat' starring Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon in lead...
8 global entertainment companies move the Delhi HC against three alleged “rogue cyberlocker websites” for unauthorisedly hosting copyrighted content
Eight leading global entertainment companies - including Netflix, Warner Bros and Paramount Pictures - have moved the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent injunction against three ‘rogue cyberlocker websites’ for unauthorisedly...
Section 63 Copyright Act - Copyright Infringement Is A Cognizable & Non Bailable Offence: Supreme Court (see here)
Recently, the Supreme Court in Knit Pro International vs State of NCT of Delhi, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna held that the offence of copyright infringement under Section...
BOMBAY HC CLEARS WAY FOR JANUARY 10 RELEASE OF DEEPIKA PADUKONE STARRER 'CHHAPAAK'
The Bombay High Court allowed the release of Deepika Padukone starrer movie 'Chhapaak' but kept all contentions of alleged copyright infringement open and to be heard after the release.
Rakesh Bharti had sought perpetual injunction, claiming that he...
Allahabad High Court refuses to stay the release of the film ‘Chehre’.
The Allahabad High Court refused to stay the release of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer film 'Chehre' in an appeal filed by Writer Uday Prakash alleging copyright infringement. Justice JJ Munir refused to grant any interim relief against the...
Haddi Film: Bombay High Court refuses interim relief to Nawazuddin Siddiqui in his plea against Zee for payment
The Bombay High Court refused to grant any interim relief to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui in his suit against Zee Studios seeking payment of his fees for the lead role in the film...
Govt comes up with accessibility standards for hearing impaired on TV channels
The government has come up with new accessibility standards, under which almost all television channels will have to ensure that they either carry captions or sign language to help the hearing impaired understand the programming. The Ministry of...
‘Hera Pheri 3’ stuck in legal trouble, T-series sends notice to film makers
According to a trade magazine, T-Series has issued a public notice to the makers of 'Hera Pheri 3', claiming all the audio and visual rights of every song in the 'Hera Pheri' franchise. In the notice, T...
Louis Vuitton v. Lee Vanz – Sellers to pay Rs 1 lakhs to the French Company
In the trademark infringement suit filed by the French company, Louis Vuitton against two sellers, Bilal Khan and Javed Khan for using the iconic “LV” mark, the sellers have undertaken to pay litigation...
BARC INITIATES PENAL ACTION AGAINST 12 CHANNELS IN ITS VIGILANCE DRIVE
As per reports, the Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) has, over the past 28 months, initiated penal action against 12 channels across the country to scale up its vigilance drive against home panel tampering and manipulation of TV...
