This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU as a part of the entertainment law course offered for LLB students. The presentation covers:
Introduction to trade mark law;
Trade Mark protection ladder;
Trade Marks and Movie Titles;
Protection of trade marks in series;
Merchandizing and trade mark protection;
Famous films and trade mark protection;
Disparagement and trade mark use;
Names, Registrations and Actions;
Basics of Publicity Rights and…
This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU as a part of the entertainment law course offered for LLB students. The presentation covers:
• Introduction to copyright law and philosophy of copyright law;
• Copyrightability - Idea/Expression Dichotomy, Ideas and Expressions, Originality, Modicum of Creativity - tests;
• Abstraction of expressions from ideas, public domain works, facts, common scenes, concepts, themes, etc;
• Copyrightable Subject Matter - Works protected;
• Rights granted to each type of work, and differences in rights;
•…
This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU as a part of the entertainment law course offered for LLB students. The presentation covers:
Meaning of intellectual property;
Nature of protection offered by IP;
Different species of Intellectual Property, and their relevance to entertainment industry:
Role of Patents in Entertainment Business;
Copyrights and Entertainment;
Trade Marks and their relevance to entertainment industry;
Industrial Designs/Design Patents and their role in licensing and merchandizing;
Geographical Indications and their role in entertainment;
Trade Secrets in the Entertainment Industry;
Confidential Information…
Man of a thousand impressions, Kapil Sharma, is back in the news. But this time it isn’t because of his rib-tickling jokes or hilarious antics. His Bollywood debut “Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon” (“KKPK” for brevity) has landed in legal trouble, with its release date right around the corner. The film stars Kapil Sharma, Arbaaz Khan and Varun Sharma in lead roles and is directed by Abbas-Mustan.
The production house responsible for the Kannada film Nimbe Huli has filed a complaint…
After being banned by the Lahore High Court on the ground of ‘filthy propaganda’, it is now MSF’s (Medecins sans Frontieres) turn to draw the sword against ‘Phantom’, the Indian action thriller directed by Kabir Khan, starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif.
Phantom, which was released on 28th of August, 2015 revolves around the story of an aid worker who helps a disgraced Indian soldier to assassinate Pakistani extremists, who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
The trailer of…
On July 1, 2015, Google owned video-sharing website YouTube won a legal battle against German performing rights organization GEMA in a German regional court. GEMA had claimed that Youtube should be liable to pay each time a video of an artist, represented by GEMA is viewed. GEMA represents several composers, lyricists, music publishers as its members in Germany and collects their royalty fees. This is not the first time that GEMA has engaged in a legal feud with YouTube. Even…
Case title
Padmini and ors.Vs.Raj Television Network Limited
Citation
Original Application No. 763 of 2013 in C.S. No. 686 of 2013 (Decided On: 13.04.2015)
Facts
The plaintiffs are the legal heirs of R Venkatraman, who produced the Tamil film ‘Ninaithale Inikkum’ in the year 1979, under the ‘Premalaya’ banner. In 1981 Mr Venkatraman assigned the copyright in the negatives, of both picture and sound, of the said film to ‘Kumar Pictures’, by way of an assignment deed, for a period of…
There’s no one who hasn’t awkwardly stood around their birthday cake while people sing "Happy Birthday to You". It’s the world’s most famous song, sung to millions each year. And this six-word set of lyrics with a simple melody is protected by copyright.
In 1868, two Hill sisters from Kentucky composed a song called "Good Morning to All" (now known as the tune of "Happy Birthday"), which went like:
Good morning to you,
Good morning to you,
Good morning, dear…
United States Trade Representative (USTR) ordered an Out of Cycle Review (OCR) for India in October. While the USTR insists that the aim of this exercise is to provide constructive feedback to India in order to improve its IP protection and enforcement, many in India are not happy about this move. Not only has the government criticized this move, but also refused to participate in it arguing that the US laws are not applicable to India. Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s Commerce…
The presentation herein was given by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala. It deals with the different types of IP, assignment and licensing. Important clauses such as Recitals, Definitions, Grant, Royalties, Term & Termination are discussed. All of these are explained with the help of examples. Open Source licenses are talked about in detail. Licenses and their types with a special focus on music licensing brings about the close of the presentation.