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JAVED AKHTAR’S LEGAL NOTICE, EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION, POPEYE ON MERCHANDISE, INDIAN BARBIE DOLLS AND MORE

Javed Akhtar Sends a Moral Rights Violation Notice to Malik Brothers,  A Decree for Rs. 10 lakhs Passed Ex Parte in Favor of Plaintiff, Copyright Office Issues Public Notice Regarding Practice and Procedure Manual for Examinations of Copyright Applications, Public Sector Information Directive to be revised by the European Commission, EU introduces right to portability, Music Modernization Act Passed by House of Representatives in the U.S., India Specific Barbie dolls launched, Popeye on new merchandises soon and more are presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and…

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Padmavati is Now Padmaavat, Justice Manmohan Singh is IPAB Chairman, Madras HC Allows Release of Thaana Serndha Koottam and More Weekly Copyright And Entertainment Law News and Updates

Indian Copyright Statistics, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati is now Padmaavat, Justice Manmohan Singh appointed as IPAB Chairman, Sony PIX signs a deal with Warner Bros, 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 "One cannot help wondering how deletion of one letter makes a difference to the censors’ filters" - Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was an increase of 60.28% in the total…

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Saregama and Eros’ copyright tussle, Termination of Transfer Tool, Copyright Claims Board, ZEE’s OTT platform and more

Indian Copyright Statistics, Saregama and Eros’ copyright tussle, Trailers and Film, Termination of Transfer Tool for Copyright, Copyright Claims Board, Zee Entertainment to Launch its New OTT Platform 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 "Assignment of a copyright does not necessarily transfer copyright absolutely and perpetually" - Kalyan INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was a decrease of 49% in the total number of…

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Playboy Investment, Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Meresal trade marks, Scheduled Tribes and YouTube, Research Gate and copyright infringement, RCB merchandises, novelists and licenses and more

Indian Copyright Statistics, Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Mersal Trade Marks, Schedule Tribes Commission Summons YouTube, RCB to Enter into Merchandise Business, Vodafone ties up with YuppTV to expand Live TV series 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 “Merchandising is not an additional element of creative content licensing, it is an integral part of it”- Kalyan INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There has been an increase of…

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Restraint on Prasar Bharati, Why BananaIP? , Another suit against Spotify, Botox License and more

Restraint on Prasar Bharati, Why BananaIP?, Another suit against Spotify, Botox License, Music Cross License between Alibaba, and Tencent 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 “If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living from your work. So I respect copyright.” -- Kim Dotcom INDIAN COPYRIGHTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW…

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Main Stream Piracy, Fake Copyright organization busted, Peps and IP Infringements, YouTube.Mp3 shut down, Star India and IPL and more..

“Fake Copyright organization busted, and 4 arrested for duping over 100 job aspirants, Peps Industries has filed almost three dozen IP infringement cases against competitors, YouTube MP3 agrees to shut down, IFTDA cancels Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s license and more” brought to you by the entertainment law team of BananaIP COPYRIGHT THOUGHT OF THE WEEK “Promotion and Popularity through Piracy is now main stream. May be, it is time for content owners to have a piracy plan for a part of…

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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…

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Copyright and Entertainment-PPT by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU

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; •…

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