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Review Committee Reports, Benegal Committee report, Mudgal Committee report, Censorship Model (Part 4)

Continued from Part 3 , read part 3 by clicking here . Review Committee Reports The Benegal Committee and the Mudgal Committee constituted in 2016 and 2013 were tasked with the job of making recommendations for the process of film certification in India, Uniform, Non-Discriminatory and Non-Discretionary among others.[11] Though both the reports agree that the existing system of film certification is fraught with subjectivity, they diverge in their recommendations for making it objective. While the Mudgal Committee, in line with…

March 24, 2017 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1814Views 0Like

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Interesting Trademarks, Domain Name Disputes, Cybersquatting, TM Merchandizing, Licensing, Trademark tips and more

Interesting Trademarks, Domain Name Disputes, Cybersquatting, TM Merchandizing, Licensing, Trademark tips and more, presented by the Trademark attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK Your brand is what other people say about you when you are not in the room - Jeff Bezos. Trademark Stats from the Indian Trademark office The Trademark Office has been a little slow this week considering there has been an overall decrease in the number of applications that…

March 22, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 975Views 0Like

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Film Expression and Censorship in India: Film Certification Principles, CBFC Guidelines and Principles (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1, read part 1 by clicking here. Film Certification Principles The guidelines issued by the Central Government under the Act and the principles therein guide the CBFC in forming opinions and making decisions with respect to certification.[7] The Guidelines expound the permissible restrictions under the constitution and the provisions of the Act. They broadly capture the principles based on which prior restraint may be imposed on films submitted for certification. Guidelines and Principles The…

March 22, 2017 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1238Views 0Like

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Film Expression and Censorship in India: An Introduction (Part 1)

Expression in the form of films is unique and special in many ways. Films merge life-like moving pictures, sounds, and other effects to tell a story, or send a message unlike any other form of expression. When the film is shown to a captive audience in a closed, dark environment, with the aid of advanced technology, its impact is heightened substantially. It is believed that one does not experience the same euphoria, emotion and engagement if the same film is…

March 21, 2017 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1486Views 0Like

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Futuristic Patents, Patent Licensing, Patent Tips and more

Patent stats from the Indian Patent Office, Patent Publications by City, PCT Filing Statistics from India, Patent cases, Amazon's Delivery Drone Patents, International Round Table on Evolving Jurisprudence on Patent Remedies by NLSIU, WIPO patent statistics, Patent Licensing and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent quote of the Week "You can derive value from the Indian patent system, provided you know how it works. Stop cribbing about how it is not like another country's system, and…

March 20, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 632Views 0Like

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Patent Search, Keyword Search and Semantic Searches: An Introduction

The following article is brought to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP (BIP)Counsels, India’s premier new age IP firm. This article briefly explains patent searching and how semantic searches plays an important role in addition to keyword searches and how the two differ from one another. Inventors and entrepreneurs frequently want to perform patent searches on their own. Finding a set of relevant documents however, can be a challenge while performing the patent search. Relying on just a keyword search, may lead…

March 18, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1838Views 0Like

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Copyright Infringement, Entertainment tax, Beauty and the Beast, Swarovski, Copyright tips and more

Copyright Infringement, Entertainment tax, Beauty and the Beast, Swarovski, Copyright tips and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Quote of the Week "Kill Piracy; Save Creativity." - Pirates of Bollywood, Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Author and Professor. Recent entertainment case laws MSOs and local cable operators liable to collect and pay entertainment tax to the government. Responding to the pleas filed by multi-system operators (MSOs) and…

March 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 804Views 0Like

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Delhi High Court, Upcoming events, Xiaomi patents and more.

Delhi High Court, Patent Infringement, Upcoming events, Xiaomi patents, Patent licensing, Patent tips and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent quote of the week "Indian Patent Office is transforming fast, but it has a long way to go with respect to transparency, efficiency and congeniality." - Nisha Kurian, Head of Patent Portfolio Management, BananaIP Counsels Patent Stats from the Indian Patents and Designs Office Patent Applications published…

March 13, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 739Views 0Like

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Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 2

As discussed in Part 1 of this post Section 13(4) of the Copyright Act[1] recognizes that there is separate copyright in the underlying musical and literary works which are embodied in a cinematographic film or sound recording[2]. Therefore, underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual[3]. But this question becomes pertinent because the Act grants both authors of the musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to…

March 11, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1290Views 0Like

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DU copyright case – latest development, Pirate Bay, Creative Commons, Batman, Pink Panther and more

DU copyright case latest update, Pirate Bay, Creative Commons, Batman, Hello Kitty, Pink Panther, Pokémon and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Quote of the Week "We live in a world where value of creativity is measured by commercial success, and copyrights are mere instruments of financial benefit, not creative progress." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Author and Professor. Copyright Cases Three international publishers decide not to pursue copyright case…

March 10, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1036Views 0Like

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Review Committee Reports, Benegal Committee report, Mudgal Committee report, Censorship Model (Part 4)

Interesting Trademarks, Domain Name Disputes, Cybersquatting, TM Merchandizing, Licensing, Trademark tips and more

Film Expression and Censorship in India: Film Certification Principles, CBFC Guidelines and Principles (Part 2)

Film Expression and Censorship in India: An Introduction (Part 1)

Futuristic Patents, Patent Licensing, Patent Tips and more

Patent Search, Keyword Search and Semantic Searches: An Introduction

Copyright Infringement, Entertainment tax, Beauty and the Beast, Swarovski, Copyright tips and more

Delhi High Court, Upcoming events, Xiaomi patents and more.

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 2

DU copyright case – latest development, Pirate Bay, Creative Commons, Batman, Pink Panther and more

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