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‘Keh Doon Tumhe’ cannot be part of Baadshao, Fight of the Century and piracy, MPPA wins infringement suit in China, Viacom and CIPAM joint efforts and more ..

‘Keh Doon Tumhe’ cannot be part of Baadshao, Fight of the Century pirated over 2.9 million times, Viacom and CIPAM join hands to create awareness against piracy, Amazon Prime to now offer original reality shows, and more is 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 “Privacy as a fundamental right allows a person to prohibit, regulate, and take other actions against any actual and/or foreseeable intrusions into his…
September 1, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 542Views 0Like
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Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Game of Thrones: 90 Million infringement, Copyright Board by year end, Netflix’s copyright infringement and more.

“Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Copyright Board to be functional by end of this year, Netflix accused of copyright infringement, Game of Thrones premier pirated over 90 million times, and other entertainment law news” is 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 “Moral rights form the essence of copyright law. When they conflict with economic rights, moral rights must always…
July 28, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 575Views 0Like
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Raabta Copyright infringement case update, New Registrar of Copyrights appointed, Lower GST demanded by Entertainment industry, Forever21 and Urban Outfitters sued over Tupac T-shirts and more

Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates, BIP Tip of the week and more presented by the Media & Entertainment Law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Copyright quote of the week “Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on their own. It should instead regulate uses; like public distributions of copies of copyrighted work; that connect…
June 9, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 701Views 0Like
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Republic TV accused of copyright infringement, Eminem’s copyright infringement case, Samsung’s Gear VR Headset copyright infringement, FIFA merges with Megalicense Entertainment and more

Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright News and Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing & Merchandizing Updates, Digital Licensing News, BananaIP Copyright Tip of the Week and more presented by the Media & Entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Copyright Thought of the Week We're on the path of creating monopoly business practices out of copyright law. - Robin Gross Indian Copyright News and Updates Arnab Goswami of Republic TV is accused of Copyright…
May 19, 2017 Copyrights, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 553Views 0Like
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Free Trademark Filing

IP Filings for Dance Companies, Music Bands and Performing Artists

BananaIP is happy to announce the Program for Performing Arts, an initiative aimed at helping dance companies, music bands, drama companies, singers and performing artists protect, manage and commercialize their creative work. The Program has three primary goals: Build IP Knowledge and Culture among Performing Artists; Protect, Manage and Commercialize creative work of artists and companies; and Mitigate IP risks for performances and related commercialization, licensing and merchandizing activities. Towards the said goals, BananaIP's attorneys will work closely…
April 26, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 644Views 0Like
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Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing and Updates, Government Updates, Copyright thought of the week and more.

Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing and Updates, Government Updates, Copyright thought of the week and more presented by the Media & Entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Copyright Thought of the Week “The Copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer” -Robin Gross [Founder – IP Justice] Entertainment law News and Updates Supreme Court accepts the plea against ‘pre-censorship’ of…
April 21, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 685Views 0Like
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Entertainment Trademark News, International Copyright Updates, Merchandising and more

Recent Copyright Cases, Entertainment Trademark News, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment and Copyright Licensing and Merchandizing, Copyright thought of the week and more, presented by the Media & Entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Copyright Thought of the Week “Entertainment Law is not as Entertaining as Entertainment”  Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala Recent Copyright Cases Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) vs. Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd ZEEL filed a Copyright infringement suit before the Bombay High Court…
April 14, 2017 Copyrights, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 639Views 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 2

Apart from applying for registration of a movie title under the Indian Trademarks Act, there are a number of industry associations to which the film makers look up to regarding protection of their film titles. Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA), Association of Motion Pictures and Television Program Producers (AMPTPP) and Film and Television Producers' Guild of India, Film Writers' Association and Western India Film Producers Association (WIFPA) are the associations that play a big role in protecting the commercial…
April 13, 2017 Copyrights, Media and Entertainment Law, Trademarks 0Comment 1680Views 0Like
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Recent copyrights cases, Entertainment Trademark News, International copyright updates, copyright tip of the week and more.

  Recent copyrights cases, Entertainment Trademark News, International copyright updates, copyright tip of the week and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.   Copyright Thought of the Week "The right to be attributed as an author of a work is not merely a copyright, it is every author's basic human right." Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Indian Copyright Cases Metro Tyres v. MRF - ASCI The Delhi High Court recently passed…
April 7, 2017 Copyrights 0Comment 706Views 0Like
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Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 2

As discussed in Part 1 of this post Section 13(4) of the Copyright Act[1] recognizes that there is separate copyright in the underlying musical and literary works which are embodied in a cinematographic film or sound recording[2]. Therefore, underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual[3]. But this question becomes pertinent because the Act grants both authors of the musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to…
March 11, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1032Views 0Like
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