Category: Copyright

Reclaiming copyright

February 15, 2017 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:35 pm

This copyright case involves the ownership interest of copyright over certain musical works which Paul Mc Cartney co-authored with former members of Beatles. The defendants in this case are the publisher company holding the copyright interest in the works which are in the name of

Everything is fair in education

January 27, 2017 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:53 pm

Considering the higher cost of education in India the High Court has passed the judgment in the DU Photocopy case in favor of DU. This had a far reaching implications on access to education in a developing countries like India. But the Oxford University Press

No copyright: says Hollywood

January 24, 2017 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:33 pm

Now the clutches of the copyright are in the hand of the Hollywood studios. The U.S District Court has granted preliminary injunction to VidAngel, a movie streaming and filtering services on the ground of violating the copyright of the Hollywood Studios. The Court held that

The new tale of broadcasting rights

January 23, 2017 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 10:06 am

Very recently the court has granted injunction to Raj T.V for using the sound recordings and images owned by Sony Music. The judgment does not have any factual significance but it has gone down to alleging Raj T.V to forbid from using their work. The

Copyright societies under wiggle of scrutiny

January 17, 2017 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 10:04 am

In a recent decision the country has witnessed another landmark development in the field of copyright. The Delhi High Court has this time pulled the strings of the copyright societies. The three copyright societies namely, the IPRS’s, Novex and PPL have been directed to refrain

Play or Replay

December 30, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 5:55 am

The European Court of Justice’s decision was followed by Supreme Courts of Sweden, and it penned down its judgment on “whether broadcast is entitled to copyright protection”. The EJ decision also embarked upon the issue of providing wider privileges to the right holders for facilitating

Irony bell’s the KAT

July 26, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:27 pm

Ukrainian, Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of Kickass Torrent or popularly known as KAT, has been arrested in Poland. The Department of Justice, U. S is seeking to extradite him for counts of criminal copyright infringement, in addition to conspiracy charges related to money laundering

Can Cheerleaders’ Uniform Claim For Copyright Protection?

July 8, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:49 pm

In 2010 in U.S., Star Athletica had published its first catalog of cheerleading uniforms and immediately was sued. On the other hand, Varsity Brands, the world’s greatest producer of cheerleading and dance-team uniforms purported that Star Athletica’s uniform has violated Varsity’s copyrighted designs. At this

IS PARODY SPOOFING LEGAL UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW?

July 8, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:18 pm

INTRODUCTION With the advancement of intellectual property rights, new lexicon like ‘parody spoofing’ has also surfaced. So the question comes up , what is Parody /Spoofing? Why is it so much in public interest? Parody is a creative work that impersonates the characteristic style of

Oracle’s nightmare doesn’t get overturned; looses a $9bn claim to Google and much more

June 30, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 10:41 am

U.S District Court has denied Rule 50 motion to overturn the jury verdict, that “Google’s use of Java API(Application Programming Interfaces)was fair use”. The six year old battle started with oracle already having proven the infringement by Google in the previous suit. Oracle’s Contention was