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Delhi High Court seeks Prof. Arul George Scaria’s Opinion on use of Music in Marriage Ceremonies

In a case between Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) and Lookpart Exhibitions And Events Private Limited, Justice Pratibha Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought an expert opinion from Professor Arul George Scaria on the legislative history and scope of Section 52(1)(za) of the Copyright Act. The specific question raised is whether use of music in marriage ceremonies and social events is exempted under Section 52(1)(za), and whether such a use may be considered as fair use. The provision reads as…

May 18, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law, Publicity Rights/ Celebrity Rights 0Comment 1901Views 6Likes

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Panel Discussion in the National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR Disputes in India

The Delhi High Court hosted a ‘National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR Disputes in India' on February 26, 2022, at the DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi. The Seminar was live-streamed on the official YouTube channel of the Delhi High Court and is available at this link: Hon'ble Justice N.V. Ramana, Chief Justice of India was the Chief Guest, and Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon'ble Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs was the Guest of Honor of the Event. The Seminar…

March 18, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Uncategorized 0Comment 2186Views 0Like

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Delhi High Court Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2022

Over the last decade or so, there has been a large increase in the number of patent infringement actions filed before the Delhi High Court. The subject matters of these actions pertain to several emerging scientific fields such as pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, mechanical engineering, telecommunications, electrical/electronics, wind technology, etc. To counter the complexities that arise while entertaining these actions, the Delhi High Court, on February 24, 2022, issued a public notice finalizing the set of rules that govern patent suits. These…

March 1, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2197Views 0Like

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Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 4

In this post we revisit the IP Updates ie., any amendments, ordinances, notifications, and other information related to IP published in the year 2021. For reader's convenience it has been divided into parts, please find the link to the previous and next parts towards the end of this post. DELHI HIGH COURT INVITES SUGGESTIONS FOR FIXING ROYALTIES FOR SOUND RECORDING The High Court of Delhi has issued a public notice on 10th November, 2021, with respect to the intention of the…

February 8, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, General, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1299Views 4Likes

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Latest Updates on Privacy - February, 2022 - Part I

Latest Updates on Privacy – February, 2021 – Part I

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: Central Government addresses concerns about penalising export-import data publication The Central Government had, through the Finance Bill, proposed the insertion of Section 135AA in the Customs Act which would make publishing of export-import data from the country, unless required by law, a punishable offence, with imprisonment of up to six months. Owing to concerns as to ambiguity in the type of data and whether publishing aggregate trade data would amount to…

February 8, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 1023Views 1Like

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CASE BRIEF: Samir Kasal vs Prashant Mehta & Ors.

Decided by High Court of Delhi on 19th January 2022. Facts The Plaintiff conceptualized a cricket league format wherein famous retired cricket players would play Test format of cricket with two innings of 10 (ten) overs each. The Plaintiff’s idea intended to exploit the interest in cricket of Indians residing in non-cricket playing countries. The Plaintiff started building up on the concept with the Defendants, and began correspondence with the requisite authorities and people to be involved. The format and information…

February 1, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 2877Views 3Likes

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Recap 2021 – Indian Copyright Case Laws

In this post, we bring to you few Copyright Cases decided by Indian Courts in the year 2021:- Sony Pictures Network India Pvt. Ltd. vs. www.sportsala.tv And Ors In this case, Sony Pictures filed a suit against numerous defendants primarily praying for a permanent injunction against reproducing, making available, distributing, broadcasting, and so on of the cricket matches between India’s tours of England and Sri Lanka. During the pendency of the suit, Sony Pictures prayed for an interim injunction asking for more or less…

January 31, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 3644Views 3Likes

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Take Down of Infringing Content from Telegram

DocTutorials Edutech Private Limited v. Telegram FZ-LLC & Ors., Decided by Delhi High Court, on 25th January, 2022. A suit was filed by the Plaintiff against unknown Defendants No. 5 & 6 (referred to as John Doe), as well as any other persons associated with them, for releasing its the paid content on a platform run by Defendants No. 1 & 2, i.e., Telegram. The Plaintiff Company provided online content for medical entrance exam preparations, through their website and mobile applications, and…

January 29, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Social Media Law 0Comment 3095Views 4Likes

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Image accompanying blogpost on "Latest Copyright Cases in 2022 - Part 1"

This running post provides a summary of the latest Copyright cases decided by courts in India in 2022: Samir Kasal v. Prashant Mehta & Ors. The Plaintiff conceptualized a cricket league format titled ‘Legends Premier League’ wherein famous retired cricket players would play a Test format of cricket. The details about the same were provided to Defendant No. 2 in a strictly confidential manner. However, the Defendants decided to organize ‘Legends League Cricket’ without the Plaintiff’s consent which led him to…

January 22, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 3301Views 3Likes

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Latest Updates on Privacy – December, 2021 – Part I

This is a rundown of last week's news updates on Privacy: Joint Parliamentary Committee submits report on Data Protection Bill The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill has submitted its report suggesting several changes including dropping the word “personal” from the name of the Bill to imply that the Bill also deals with non-personal data. The JPC has retained the section that confers the Central Government the power to exempt any government body from the application of the law…

December 23, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 941Views 0Like

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Delhi High Court seeks Prof. Arul George Scaria’s Opinion on use of Music in Marriage Ceremonies

Panel Discussion in the National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR Disputes in India

Delhi High Court Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2022

Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 4

Latest Updates on Privacy – February, 2021 – Part I

CASE BRIEF: Samir Kasal vs Prashant Mehta & Ors.

Recap 2021 – Indian Copyright Case Laws

Latest Copyright Cases in 2022 – Part 1

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