SpicyIP
JULY 9, 2021
Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 20, 2023
With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.
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IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 30, 2023
[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Radha Pocket Books,the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement case against the defendant for publishing a comic book character named ‘Nagesh’. In another case of Indian Performing Rights Society v. vs. Baby Gift House and Ors.MANU/DE/2043/2010 ArunJaitley v. InRaja Pocket Books v. Entertainment Pvt.
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