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.

Personality Rights 59

Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. In Dhiraj Dewani v. Saregama India Limited v.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

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. Publicity Rights and the Right to Privacy in India, 31.1 InRaja Pocket Books v. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co.,

Privacy 97

Privacy Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Advertising 97