Calcutta High Court directs removal of Dhruv Rathee’s REAL fruit juice video after non-compliance of the interim Order
The Calcutta High Court ordered the Youtuber Dhruv Rathee to remove and restrain the access of the video which made reference to the Dabur’s product ‘REAL’ fruit juice from all the URLs/Web...
‘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...
Fevicol v. Tickawoo: Bombay High Court Finds No Prima Facie "Deceptive Similarity" In Logos, Grants Interim Relief For Certain Products
The Bombay High Court recently held that there is no prima facie deceptive similarity between Fevicol manufacturer Pidilite Industries' logo having two elephants against backdrop of a sunset and Chiripal...
The Delhi High Court has denied the Sci-Hub owner's application to dismiss the copyright infringement case
Sci-Hub is a library website that offers free research paper access. Several publishing houses have sued Sci-Hub and another similar website, Lib-Gen, for copyright infringement. The Delhi High Court dismissed an application by Alexandra...
Delhi High Court rejects WinZo Games’ Plea against Google for trademark infringement
The Hon’ble Delhi High Court has observed that the warning displayed by Google to user before they download WinZo’s APK file is a mere disclaimer to caution them and is not in violation of WinZo Games’ trademark. The...
Kantara Plagiarism row: Kerala HC stays FIR against Prithviraj Sukumaran
The Kerala High Court has stayed the FIR registered against Malayalam actor and producer Prithviraj Sukumaran in connection with the alleged copyright infringement of the song ‘Varaharoopam’ from the Kannada movie ‘Kantara’. Prithviraj was also the distributor of the...
MPL, Dream Sports, and others disagree with IAMAI’s proposal on gaming rules
Four companies, Mobile Premier League, Games24x7, Dream Sports, and Zupee, have reportedly sent a letter to the IT Ministry expressing their disagreement with the observations made by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), regarding the proposed...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Release Of ‘Faraaz’, Directs Filmmakers To ‘Scrupulously Adhere’ To Disclaimer
The Delhi High Court on 02.02.2023 refused to stay release of filmmaker Hansal Mehta's movie Faraaz which is based on the terrorist attack that took place on July 01, 2016, at Holey Artisan, Dhaka,...
Delhi High Court dismisses PIL which sought establishment of a censor board for Non-Film Songs released on Internet
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation that sought the establishment of a regulatory authority or censor board to review media content and censor non-film songs and their contents,...
Finance Committee report slammed as ‘regressive’ by Industry body representing Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon
The Asia Internet Coalition, the industry body representing companies such as Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon criticised and termed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance’s recommendation to introduce a digital competition law. They also expressed concerns that...