Tag: copyright

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

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

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.

Santa Claus at free zone

December 24, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 5:24 pm

The question which arises, if the character of Santa Claus is so widely used and to gain commercially benefits by attracting consumers, then who owns it and how is the intellectual property rights of the proprietor protected.

Securing Original Photographs

December 21, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:46 pm

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection.

All you want to know about Registration of Copyright

September 9, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 4:00 pm

Copyright has been referred to as the creation of a statute under the private property of law that has its subsistence in the various types of works. The law governing the regime of copyright in India is the Copyright Act of 1957.

Copyright Search

September 6, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 3:57 pm

The copyright search forms the basic step of copyright registration. The copyright search is conducted by the applicant or his legal representative, to check if the same work has been published or has been made available to the public at large. However, the person can

Copyleft: Is it against Copyright?

August 22, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 5:38 pm

Be it in music, literature, movies, or even software that our lives would be incomplete without, most of us are aware of the concept of copyrights. But, did you know that there exists a practice of ‘copyleft’ too? To know more about it, read further.

Structuring Legal and Institutional Initiatives for TCE Protection

August 13, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 5:13 pm

In furtherance of our previous blog which recognised the need for protection of the Intellectual Property (IP) involved in Traditional Cultural expressions (TCE), this article discusses the Legal and Institutional Initiatives that Nations or bodies may use to pave a way for their protection.

Ownership of Musical works in Cinematographic films

August 5, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:30 pm

Producers of cinematographic films use musical works to invoke a range of feelings which improves the overall experience of the audience. It creates a sense of rhythm and commentary to the segments and scenes which helps shape the emotional responses that make the cinematic experience