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Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law: Conflicting or Complementing

IIPRD

Introduction If we take a broader look at the Intellectual Property Laws, the primary objective of the legislation in framing these laws is to provide exclusive rights to the IP right holder as against the entire world.

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Whose Serve is it Anyway? Assessing the Sun Pharma v. Dabur Finding on the Applicants’ Obligation to Serve Counter-Statements

SpicyIP

Anurathna and Nivrati are intellectual property law attorneys practicing at ALG India Law Offices LLP, Delhi. Anurathna is a graduate from Tamil Nadu National Law University, and Nivrati is a graduate from Institute of Law, Nirma University.

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Analysis of OTT Predominance and IPR Violations

IP and Legal Filings

The protection of creators’ rights and their intellectual property is the main goal of intellectual property laws. They need to be accepted by the law. One of many Indian laws that defends creators’ intellectual property rights is the Copyright Act of 1957.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

In Hubbard v Vosper [1972] 2 QB 84 , the Church of Scientology sued a former member for publishing a book criticizing Scientology that contained material copied from Scientology books and documents, as well as confidential information pertaining to Scientology courses. And, while one is at it, why not for all intellectual property laws?”. [1]

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Conference Posters and Materials: Beware! They Can Constitute Prior Art

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Copies of brochures and presentations may be saved or may be destroyed afterwards. 2020 FC 621 , a poster was presented at a conference in Baltimore in 2002, 18 years previous. This article does not create a solicitor-client relationship between you and MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP. In Biogen Canada Inc.

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Publicity Rights: An analysis of Amitabh Bachchan V. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

Intepat

Publicity Rights Under Indian IP Law In India, there is no direct statute that governs publicity rights in the intellectual property law regime. However, Indian law has indirect references for the protection of publicity rights. For instance, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Person A makes a copy of the movie on his phone and shares it with his friends. Going back to the same example again, the first point of infringement would be where A illegally copied the film. Which law to choose then? Consider a set up where ‘Ship Sterling Star’ is a movie that is available on an OTT platform called ‘Surnet’.