SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

However, things changed in 2010, when the Copyright Board set the compulsory license fee for radio broadcasting under Section 31(1)(b). YRF’s argument was that the right to collect royalties in the proviso to Section 18, was another statutory right that does not arise out of ownership of copyright.

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Patently-O

MAY 1, 2024

But, mere ownership of the patent does not automatically confer standing – the plaintiff, whether the patentee or an exclusive licensee, must have retained the right under the patent to exclude the accused infringer from practicing the claimed invention. Citing precedents such as Aspex Eyewear, Inc. Miracle Optics, Inc. , Mann Found.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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Intepat

OCTOBER 23, 2024

To expedite market entry and avoid delays in formalizing an assignment or license agreement, parties sometimes rely on verbal agreements, which are considered valid under Indian Contract Law. Navinta LLC (2010), the plaintiff filed an infringement suit without holding the patent’s legal title. In Abraxis Bioscience, Inc.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Unlike traditional proprietary software, SaaS or PaaS business models where license terms can often be renegotiated or amended in subsequent contract cycles, open-source licensing is far less forgiving of afterthoughts. It allows the contributor to retain ownership while granting Google the legal rights to use the contribution.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Unlike traditional proprietary software, SaaS or PaaS business models where license terms can often be renegotiated or amended in subsequent contract cycles, open-source licensing is far less forgiving of afterthoughts. It allows the contributor to retain ownership while granting Google the legal rights to use the contribution.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In September 2020, Governor Newsom signed into law the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020 (SB 852), which would allow the state’s Health and Human Services Agency to contract with drug manufacturers and suppliers to produce and distribute its own label of biosimilars, biosimilar insulins, and generic drugs. Sandoz , 964 F.3d

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Around 2010, some studios started enforcing, e.g., Twentieth Century Fox sued over copying of plot of Phone Booth and was successful. Our notions of contract/markets out of which the current rules arise are themselves influenced by androcentric notions. But there weren’t reported lawsuits against Bollywood films.

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