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Lights Camera Action : Role Of Intellectual Property In Indian Cinema

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However, to a lesser extent, other IP laws like the Trademark Act and the Designs Act will also be important. Copy right and Indian cinema. The post Lights Camera Action : Role Of Intellectual Property In Indian Cinema first appeared on IIPRD. Aditya Pandey [2016] SCC Online SC 967. [8] 3d 247 (2d Cir.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

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Trademark law has something to say about use. Consider the difference between copyright law — which is meant to encourage creativity for the benefit of society–and trademark protection, which is about identifying the source of goods and services and avoiding consumer confusion. This hasn’t stopped Disney.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

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Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. Copyright and trademark are the most important IP rights in this industry. Patents also provide inventors with temporary exclusive rights to their discoveries.

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TTABlog Quarterly Index: October - December 2021

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Crowded Field of Third-Party Registrations and Uses Leads to TTAB Reversal of "MATCH STUDIO" Over "MATCH" for Clothing Licensee's Prior Common Law Use Established Priority for "SNORE MD" Mark TTABlog Test: Is "BEDLAM VODKA & Design" for Vodka Confusable With "BEDLAM! & Design" for Beer?

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai. Controller of Patents and Designs and Raytheon Company v. Microsoft Technology Licensing v. In Microsoft v.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

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The case is New Line Cinema v. The humanized skeleton figure on the left is Skully, which artist and entrepreneur Gregory Spiers first conceived while designing a T-shirt for the Lithuanian Olympic basketball team. Cinema Secrets (2000). BMG (1988). A Tale of Two Skeletons. Skully Curly. ROMERO’S DAWN OF THE DEAD.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

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Registrar of Trademarks. permanent injunction against the Respondent from using the trademark and trade dress similar to the Plaintiff’s ‘Yellow Diamond’ mark and trade dress. Image from here. The Shape of Shape Marks in India. Decreeing the suit filed by the Plaintiff in the matter, the Delhi District Court passed an order of.

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