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NO STAY ON KAALA, YOUTUBE MAY BE LIABLE FOR INFRINGEMENT, MANISH MALHOTRA WILL MAKE CANNES DEBUT AND MORE

  SC refuses to stay release of Rajinikanth’s movie Kaala over copyright claim, Recorded Music Performance Limited applies for registration as a copyright society, YouTube not a “neutral host provider”, can be held liable for copyright breaches: Vienna Commercial Court, Austria, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s daughter vows action against copyright infringers, marking his debut at Cannes 2018 designer Manish Malhotra to pair up with Magnum ice cream brand for designing a costume for Hollywood style icon Bella Hadid, Toonz Ties up…
June 8, 2018 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 560Views 0Like
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SUBRAMANIA’S COPYRIGHTS, CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNMENT PENALIZED FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, YOUTUBE REMOVES VINCY CONNECT CHANNEL, BIOWORLD ATLANTYCA DEAL AND MORE

  Indian Copyright Statistics, The saga of Subramania Bharati’s literary work, Balaji Telefilms retains the intellectual property rights of its new show titled “Dil Hi To Hai” to telecast online on ALT Balaji after being aired on Sony TV, Embedded tweets encounter  a  legal twist, James Arthur faces legal turmoil over Copyright Infringement of an Irish Band Song, Cross River State Government penalized for Copyright Infringement, Vincy Connect Channel gets pulled down by YouTube owing to Reports of Relentless Infringement, Nelvana…
May 25, 2018 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 514Views 0Like
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IP NANI LAUNCHED, PRODUCER VISHAL IN TROUBLE, PIRATED MOVIES WEBSITE BLOCKED IN GERMANY, STAN LEE SUES POW! ENTERTAINMENT, INDIAN LICENSING EXPO 2018 AND MORE

  Indian Copyright Statistics, Suresh Prabhu Releases IP Mascot – IP Nani, Famous Tamil Films Producer Vishal in Legal Trouble for Piracy, Website Blocking – A Paradigm Shift, Stan Lee in Legal Turmoil with Company he Co-founded, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) forges an Agreement with DHX-Media, India Licensing Expo – Second Edition, 2018 and more, presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK Of all the…
May 18, 2018 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 599Views 0Like
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Copyright assignment/licensing issues in movie sequels

Narendra Hirawat & Co. (Appellant/Original Plaintiff) Vs. M/s. Alumbra Entertainment & Media Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. (Respondents) THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY COMMERCIAL APPEAL (L) No. 30 OF 2017   Brief facts: The blockbuster movie “Sarkar” was released in 2005 starring the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. The film was produced by K Sera Sera Productions Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as KSS). A sequel movie “Sarkar Raj” was released in the year 2009. This case revolves around the agreement between…
June 10, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 957Views 0Like
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The featured image shows a mic in a sound recording studio. To read more about this, click here. Entertainment Law and Copyrights: Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 3

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 4

  Continued from Part 3, read part by clicking here. Conclusion Reiterating that said earlier, sound recording consists of the acoustic portion including a lyric or a musical work despite which underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual. However, the anomaly of the provision of the Act that grants the authors of musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to communicate to public their work has questioned the…
May 6, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1029Views 0Like
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IP News Center : INDIAN TRADEMARK LAW ON PROTECTION OF MOVIE TITLE

INDIAN TRADEMARK LAW ON PROTECTION OF MOVIE TITLE – PART 3

  SCENARIO IN THE UNITED STATES REGARDING PROTECTION OF MOVIE TITLE The interests of the American motion picture, television industries and home videos are safeguarded by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Since its inception in 1922, it has been playing an important part in protecting the commercial interest of the movie makers both in the US and internationally. Registering a film title with the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) is available with respect to movie titles; however,…
April 14, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Trademarks 0Comment 676Views 0Like
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Copyright cases, Copyright infringement, Entertainment technology, Licensing, Copyright Board, Copyright tips and more

  Copyright cases, Copyright infringement, Entertainment technology, Licensing, Copyright Board, Copyright tips and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Entertainment quote of the week Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device. - Lawrence Lessig Copyright Cases Plagiarism charges against Hindi movie titled ‘Hindi Medium’ Shiboprosad Mukherjee and…
March 31, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1131Views 0Like
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The featured image reads 'all rights reserved'. This post talks about the Entertainment Law and Copyrights involved in Royalty Rights in Sound Recordings, Lyrics & Musical Works. To read more, please click here.

Royalty Rights in Sound Recordings, Lyrics & Musical Works – Part 1

  Quick bite: Dear readers, the following post is brought to you by the Media and Entertainment law experts of BananaIP (BIP)Counsels. This post is the first in its series and promises to engage your grey matter. This post will essentially help you understand the Entertainment Law and Copyrights surrounding Royalty Rights in Sound Recordings, Lyrical & Musical Works. Colloquially used word music/song is more than melody or harmony reduced to print, writing or graphic form[1]. Music is a language with a…
February 10, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 2153Views 0Like
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Weapon in the hands of Police?

  The Union Government has launched a new scheme in order to protect Intellectual Property Rights. As a part of the scheme, the Indian Government is providing special knowledge toolkit to Indian Police to identify and prosecute IPR violations. This step was taken by Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman for management of IP Rights. To prepare this toolkit, the Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have worked…
January 30, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 713Views 0Like
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Dish Tv India faces Copyright infringement suit

  Hello Readers!! There has been a lot that has been brewing over the past few weeks with respect to Trademarks. We have decided to recapitulate the trademark news which have recently hit the headlines in our segment, Weekly Trends. Let us take a quick look at what happened in the past weeks, with this weekly update.   Dish Tv India restrained from operating in Middle East and North Africa As you may or may not know Dish TV India Ltd.was…
October 27, 2016 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 646Views 0Like
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