Category: Copyright
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
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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
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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
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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
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