Category: Copyright
Microsoft and OpenAI sued by the Center for Investigative Reporting for Copyright Infringement
July 8, 2024
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:01 pm
Last Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its largest shareholder, Microsoft, in the U.S. District Court of Southern District of New York. The lawsuit accuses the tech giants of using CIR’s copyrighted material without authorization.
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Battle of Storytellers
November 29, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:03 pm
The Humans of Bombay (HoB) and the People of India (PoI) are both storytelling platforms that share stories of people and places. These accounts are sometimes textual and are sometimes in the form of audio and visual formats, like YouTube videos or reels on Facebook
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Ed Sheeran in Copyright War
September 13, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:57 pm
Ed Sheeran is a world-renowned singer, songwriter, and composer. He has become a household name owing to hits like “Perfect”, “Shape of You”, “Castle on the Hill”, “Photograph” etc. His music is characterised by easy-to-understand lyrics and soft yet catchy tunes. Looking back, his career
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Copyright Rivalry: Sony Music Vs Triller
August 23, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:04 pm
Copyright and its lawful use by another are more important than is often deemed by people. A lack of awareness about Intellectual Property laws and the pecuniary consequences that may arise from the non-compliance of such laws is not taken by people or companies
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Duchess of Sussex copyright infringement
October 9, 2019
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:28 am
The Mail, a news publisher company, had published copious disconcerting stories about Meghan Markle who is Duchess of Sussex and her wedding to Price Harry. It is assumed that the source of those inside information is the father of the then bride Meghan, Thomas
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Protected Music
August 8, 2019
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 2:19 pm
The list of high-profile copyright battles is on an increase in the recent times in the musical industry. There was a lot of speculation around the katy Perry case, as to whether the beats of the song Dark Horse by Katy Perry and her team intentionally copied
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Govinda’s trouble
June 3, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:26 am
Sarkar 3 was recently released on May 12 2017, despite certain legal issues between the two parties namely Narendra Hirawat & Co. (NH) (“Appellant”), and Alumbra Entertainment and Ors., including K Sera Sera (KSS), Z Picture Company (ZPC) and RGV Film Factory (RGV) (“Respondents”). The
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