Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957 , which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India.
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 28, 2023
In India, it can be protected as a series mark as has been mentioned under Section 15 of the Trade marks Act 1999 as well as an ‘artistic work’ under the Copyrights Act 1957. Joy Creators, 2011 (45) PTC 541. [2] 2] Rintisch v. Eder (C-553/11). [3] 3] Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc., 3d 108 (2d Cir.
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The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Roberto Pardolesi gave a talk that focused on the antithesis between the two possible visions of copyright, one more inclined to see the works of art as a tradeable good, the other that mainly sees the protection of authorship as the main purpose of copyright.
IIPRD
AUGUST 11, 2023
According to the well-settled laws of copyright, it is a blatant mutilation of the rights of an author over their works and the characters they have developed. 19, 2011, 2009 (A) No. Japan has somehow turned a blind- eye to fan infringement and encourages or rather emphasises on fan creativity. 1] SaikōSaibansho [Sup. Napster, Inc.,
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 30, 2021
The song “Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots” was composed by the plaintiffs in 2011. The latter have in the past too often run into difficulties as clearing rights over the (often incidental and documentary) use of third parties’ music or artistic works had turned in an almost impossible task, something comparable to a walk through a minefield.
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
JULY 21, 2023
The section 2(c) of the 1957 Copyright Act of India defines ‘artistic work’ as any work that includes engraving, sculpture, painting, or a photograph. So what kind of works, provided they meet the requirement, qualify for copyright protection? In the case of Whitmill v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
JULY 21, 2023
The section 2(c) of the 1957 Copyright Act of India defines ‘artistic work’ as any work that includes engraving, sculpture, painting, or a photograph. So what kind of works, provided they meet the requirement, qualify for copyright protection? In the case of Whitmill v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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