Introduction The use or production of protected materials without the copyright holder's permission is copyright infringement. Copyright infringement occurs when the rights granted to the copyright holder are being violated by a third party. Many forms of media, such as…
Introduction With the growth of the internet and technology progressing rapidly, more and more people are consuming content online. The issue is worse in India because many individuals refuse or are unable to pay the required amount of money for…
Introduction Intellectual property deals with any basic construction of human intelligence such as artistic, literary, technical, or scientific construction used in commerce. For a specific amount of time, intellectual property rights often grant the inventor the sole right to utilise…
Introduction Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the representation of ownership of an underlying asset on a blockchain. The asset is linked to the blockchain, and since each block of the blockchain is unique in its identity, it makes the NFT exclusively…
Music can evoke emotions and feelings and it creates a soothing experience, music has the ability to make a person happy and so commercial space has started using this music for their commercial purpose so that they could create a…
Introduction YouTube has grown from being an ad-free website where videos were posted, at random to now the home of commercialized content creation by people who qualify as professionals, in this space. The content creators on YouTube are authorized to…
Introduction Bringing the “Costume Play” (cosplay) culture under the copyright regime is not a new issue in the field of IPR. On one hand, the owners or creators are getting free publicity for their characters across the world, while, on…
The current trend of recreating songs and movies in Indian film industry has brought up a flood of incidents of copyright infringements in India. The most recent incident being the release of Masakali 2.0, song which has been recreated and…
Upon successful practicing in the area of Intellectual Property (IP) and Commercial Litigation over the decade, Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys together with its IP Asset Management Practice, IIPRD, feels immense pleasure to announce the recent opening of…
The Delhi high court on 3rd January, 2018 in Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. vs S&D Hospitality[1], took a different view with respect to the Internet jurisdiction[2]. In the above case, plaintiff sought permanent injunction against the defendants who…