Javed Akhtar Sends a Moral Rights Violation Notice to Malik Brothers, A Decree for Rs. 10 lakhs Passed Ex Parte in Favor of Plaintiff, Copyright Office Issues Public Notice Regarding Practice and Procedure Manual for Examinations of Copyright Applications, Public Sector Information Directive to be revised by the European Commission, EU introduces right to portability, Music Modernization Act Passed by House of Representatives in the U.S., India Specific Barbie dolls launched, Popeye on new merchandises soon and more are presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and…
Indian Copyright Statistics, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati is now Padmaavat, Justice Manmohan Singh appointed as IPAB Chairman, Sony PIX signs a deal with Warner Bros, and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm
COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"One cannot help wondering how deletion of one letter makes a difference to the censors’ filters" - Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala
INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS
There was an increase of 60.28% in the total…
Indian Copyright Statistics, Saregama and Eros’ copyright tussle, Trailers and Film, Termination of Transfer Tool for Copyright, Copyright Claims Board, Zee Entertainment to Launch its New OTT Platform and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm
COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Assignment of a copyright does not necessarily transfer copyright absolutely and perpetually" - Kalyan
INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS
There was a decrease of 49% in the total number of…
Indian Copyright Statistics, Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Mersal Trade Marks, Schedule Tribes Commission Summons YouTube, RCB to Enter into Merchandise Business, Vodafone ties up with YuppTV to expand Live TV series and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm
COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Merchandising is not an additional element of creative content licensing, it is an integral part of it”- Kalyan
INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS
There has been an increase of…
Restraint on Prasar Bharati, Why BananaIP?, Another suit against Spotify, Botox License, Music Cross License between Alibaba, and Tencent and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm
COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living from your work. So I respect copyright.” -- Kim Dotcom
INDIAN COPYRIGHTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW…
“Fake Copyright organization busted, and 4 arrested for duping over 100 job aspirants, Peps Industries has filed almost three dozen IP infringement cases against competitors, YouTube MP3 agrees to shut down, IFTDA cancels Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s license and more” brought to you by the entertainment law team of BananaIP
COPYRIGHT THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
“Promotion and Popularity through Piracy is now main stream. May be, it is time for content owners to have a piracy plan for a part of…
Recent Copyright Cases, Entertainment Trademark News, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment and Copyright Licensing and Merchandizing, Copyright thought of the week and more, presented by the Media & Entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Copyright Thought of the Week
“Entertainment Law is not as Entertaining as Entertainment”
Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala
Recent Copyright Cases
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) vs. Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd
ZEEL filed a Copyright infringement suit before the Bombay High Court…
This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU as a part of the entertainment law course offered for LLB students. The presentation covers:
• Introduction to copyright law and philosophy of copyright law;
• Copyrightability - Idea/Expression Dichotomy, Ideas and Expressions, Originality, Modicum of Creativity - tests;
• Abstraction of expressions from ideas, public domain works, facts, common scenes, concepts, themes, etc;
• Copyrightable Subject Matter - Works protected;
• Rights granted to each type of work, and differences in rights;
•…