Copyright

Case Briefs

Cal HC | No injunction can be passed restraining a party from instituting any proceeding in a court of law; Principles governing injunction order reiterated

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya JJ., while allowing the present appeal, discusses upon the essentials

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Telegram directed to take down channels of its users infringing Dainik Jagran’s copyright and trademark rights

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., directed “Telegram” to take down the channels that are infringing plaintiff’s rights and granted ad-interim injunction to

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | “Rogue websites” ordered to be blocked; “dynamic injunction” issued against “hydra headed websites” for curbing piracy

Delhi High Court: In what may probably go down as the first of its kind decision in India on the subject of anti-piracy

Case BriefsInternational Courts

“Taste” of food not objectively classifiable as “work” and therefore not copyrightable: ECHR

European Court of Human Rights (The Grand Chamber): The Bench comprising of K. Lenaerts (President), R. Silva de Lapuerta (Vice President), J.-C.

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Not incumbent upon plaintiff anymore to lead evidence even where defendant does not appear; injunction granted on basis of website screenshots: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Prathiba M. Singh, J. decreed a suit injuncting the defendant from unauthorisedly broadcasting the

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Defendant held to infringe copyright in sound recording, cinematograph film, etc. under Section 14, Copyright Act for broadcasting without license  

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Manmohan, J. decreed a suit for injunction filed by the plaintiff against unauthorized

Case BriefsHigh Courts

No copyright over movie titles; bodies registering same should coordinate better to resolve conflicts: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Pratibha M. Singh, J., while disposing of a suit challenging the use of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Stream of Justice has to be kept clear and pure”, Delhi HC reiterates law relating to contempt of courts

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Manmohan, J., held Defendant 2 guilty for contempt of court in a suit

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Copyright in ‘Lightning McQueen’ from ‘Cars’ protected in India under the International Copyright Order

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Pratibha M. Singh,  J. allowed a suit filed by Disney Enterprises Inc. Against

Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘John Doe’ order prayed in light of copyright and trademark infringement

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Soumen Sen, J., addressed the grievance of the petitioner who has prayed for

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Photocopies of copyrighted books to make course packs for students’ curriculum is an exception to copyright under Section 52(1)(i)

Delhi High Court: Observing that “Copyright, specially in literary works, is thus not an inevitable, divine, or natural right that confers on authors

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Section 14(a) of Copyright Act, 1957 cannot be interpreted to mean that the right of producer of sound recording to communicate his work to the public under Section 14(e)(iii) of the Act, is lost

Supreme Court: The Court, while deciding the question as to whether the Event Management Company/Event Organizer is required to seek licence from

Business NewsHot Off The PressNews

Copyright infringement suits against Delhi University and Rameshwari Photocopy Services, dismissed

Delhi High Court: Copyright infringement suits filed by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, the Taylor & Francis Group and its Indian affiliates