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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment. Law and the courts encourage innovation by guaranteeing its unrestricted flow while continuously attempting to avert abuse.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 26 – August 1)

SpicyIP

Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Continuing our posts on the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report, I wrote a II-part post on the Report’s recommendations on patent law reform. Fonts and Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? Part I and II.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

The Court ruled that the defendant’s plea for vacation of stay was unfounded and deferred to the plaintiff’s prior trademark and copyright registrations, its oppositions to the defendant’s trademark applications, and its applications for rectification of the defendant’s copyright registration.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 29- May 05)

SpicyIP

Natco v Novartis 2024: Delhi High Court’s Novartis Moment & Indian Patent Law’s Déjà Vu Pic from here The Delhi High Court, on 24th April, passed an order that our patent law enthusiast readers will be very interested in! International Development 8 US newspaper sue Open AI for copyright infringement.

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Industrial Design under The Design Act, 2000

IP and Legal Filings

Under the previous law, no provision relating to restoration upon expiration of the Design registration was provided. Revocation of Design There is no concept of a Pre-Grant Opposition in the Design law of India, like in the case of Patents law. Designs are registered in different classes as per the Locarno Agreement.

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