Category: Copyright
Trademark Infringement & Passing Off
February 10, 2025
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 5:35 pm
Trade mark protection is an essential aspect of intellectual property law, ensuring that businesses can protect their brand identity against unauthorized use. The two primary legal remedies available for brand protection are trade mark infringement and passing off. While both serve to prevent misuse
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Copyright Infringement on OTT Platforms
January 30, 2025
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:58 pm
In today’s digital era, the term “copyright infringement” has become increasingly common, especially in the context of online media. Over-the-top (OTT) platforms, which deliver video content such as movies, TV series, audio, and other forms of media directly to viewers via the internet, have seen
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Protecting Software Innovation in India
December 4, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:57 pm
Introduction Software refers to a compilation of instructions, data, or programs designed to operate machinery and execute specific tasks. The realm of software serves as the driving force behind modern efficiency and innovation in various industries, relying on intricate instructions and programs to accomplish specific
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Protection of Jewellery
October 16, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 9:35 pm
Protecting jewellery with the aid of intellectual property rights is a topic of interest which sparks curiosity. While copyright is concerned with the creative part of jewellery, design is concerned with the shape, configuration, pattern, and mix of lines or colours in two or three-dimensional
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OTT Platforms and Digital Piracy
October 9, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:05 pm
The advancement of technology has brought sweeping changes to the broadcasting industry. The increase in internet penetration and demand for on-the-spot entertainment have allowed the Over the Top (OTT) broadcasting industry to prosper. When audio or video content is streamed directly through the internet, it
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Copyright Registration in India
August 3, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 6:47 pm
Copyright Registration in India ensures legal protection to the creators of original works. Copyright is a kind of intellectual property right which grants exclusive rights to the creator of the original work. In India, the protection of copyright is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957.
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Tricky Tattoo
July 21, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 6:22 pm
Understanding Copyright How would you define copyright? In simple word, the term “copyright” is a combination of the two words, i.e., “copy” and “right,” which means “right to copy.” In other words, it gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to make copies of the work, and to exercise the
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Music Piracy
June 21, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 2:06 pm
Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Music lovers can now effortlessly stream music from anywhere in the world. Even in restaurants, bars, and lounges, the music is played to entertain their customers, whether by employing DJs or playing music through sound systems. However, copyright
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Protection of Cultural Heritage
January 24, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 3:41 pm
There are two types of cultural heritage, tangible and intangible. Tangible heritage includes heritage sites like historical temples, palaces etc, artifacts and archaeological sites and intangible heritage includes stories passed on orally through generations, traditional handicrafts, rituals, knowledge based on use of flora and fauna
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Safeguarding Musical Work
December 28, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:30 am
Copyright infringement disrupts the exclusive right of the copyright holder, who is usually the music producer in the case of musical works, to gain commercial benefits from their copyright protected works. Copyright involves the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the original work.
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