IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 31, 2023

Introduction In order to determine copyright infringement , the ‘substantial similarity test’ has routinely been employed by the US Courts. Such rights include the right to reproduce the work, the right to public display and public performance, the right to adaptation, etc. One such case is the case of Alfred v.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The High Court referred to the terms of the assignment deed and ruled that “ what was agreed between the parties is traditional mode of exhibiting the cinema as could be contemplated by both parties by then, but after technical advent of exhibiting film through satellite has become available. In the present case the Assignor (Defendant no.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. The case is New Line Cinema v. BMG (1988).

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