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Section 60 of the Copyright Act: Finally, Some Answers(?)

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The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

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Moreover, IP rights are inherently territorial, creating problems for IP owners who use cloud computing, such as their patented inventions being used or infringed in multiple locations without their consent or knowledge. Thus, there are no well-established methodologies for detecting such infringements.