IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

IP ISSUES CREATED BY THE MANGA FAN BASE Due to the growing interest of the world inMangas several rights of a manga-ka are challenged. However, the US Court has held Napster [2] , which was a file-sharing platform as well, guilty of infringing copyrighted materials and was denied the defence of fair use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The application of this principle to this case is easy: the elements that Defendants allegedly copied from Coscarelli’s cookbooks are primarily lists of ingredients and directions for combining them. Whereas the latter may be entitled to copyright protection, the former plainly is not. ” Really? Esquared Hosp. , Imapizza v.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. Thus clarifying that copyright in the screenplay exists independently of the copyright in the film. Based on the above reasoning, the Court refused to grant an injunction against the novelization of Nayak’s screenplay by Harper Collins Publishers India Pvt. RDB and Co. the licensee.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The first part of this article explained the meaning of publicity rights and delved into the facet of legal recognition of publicity rights in jurisdictions other than India. In this second part of the article, we shall exclusively understand the legal position of publicity rights in India. State of T.N., InRaja Pocket Books v.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2024

Pidilite Industries Limited vs Astral Limited on 13 June, 2024 (Bombay High Court) Image from here The plaintiff alleged infringement of the design of its coex plastic containers by the defendant. It argued that the design of its container was novel and original and was not published in India.

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