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Commercial Use of Instagram Music Can Trigger Copyright Liability

Corporate Law : Using Instagram’s free music in business promotions is treated as commercial use. The key takeaway is that companies must obtain...

February 1, 2026 660 Views 0 comment Print

Beyond Human Creativity: Legality of AI-Generated Content under Indian Copyright Law

Corporate Law : Examines whether works created using generative AI meet India’s legal standards of originality and authorship under existing cop...

January 6, 2026 1164 Views 0 comment Print

Can A LOGO Be Copyrighted? Logo Copyright Process

CA, CS, CMA : Learn how to copyright your logo in India. Understand the difference between copyright and trademark protection for logos and step...

March 31, 2025 1647 Views 0 comment Print

Personality Rights, Copyright And Trademark Law in Celebrity Branding

Corporate Law : Explore the intersection of personality rights, copyright, and trademark laws in India, focusing on celebrity branding, legal fram...

February 24, 2025 1845 Views 0 comment Print

Is a Sanyasi (Renunciate) Entitled to Own Copyright in Literary Works?

Corporate Law : Delhi High Court in The Bhakti Vedanta Book Trust India v. Www.Friendwithbooks.Co (CS(COMM) 88/2021 & I.A. 78/2023) marks a signif...

November 18, 2024 1716 Views 0 comment Print


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Patent Fees for Start-ups, MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs reduced by 80%

Corporate Law : Ministry of Commerce & Industry Simplified Patent and Copyright Registration helping India become an innovation hub : Shri Piy...

August 19, 2021 3141 Views 0 comment Print

False Copyright website

Corporate Law : It has come to the notice of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry that a websit...

October 8, 2016 907 Views 0 comment Print

Emami settles dispute over 'Zandu Balm' song

Finance : Emami Ltd, the owner of Zandu Balm, today said its copryright infringement dispute with the production company of Salman Khan star...

September 24, 2010 1101 Views 0 comment Print

Reliance Big Entertainment challenged levy of service tax on sale of copyrights of movies and other artistic works in HC

Service Tax : Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Big Entertainment has challenged levy of service tax on sale of copyrights of movies and other art...

July 9, 2010 825 Views 0 comment Print

Media companies filed petition against imposition of service tax on copyright services

Service Tax : PVR Pictures, Balaji Telefilms, Yash Raj Films and UTV Motion Pictures have moved the Delhi High Court against the government's re...

July 9, 2010 591 Views 0 comment Print


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Broadcast Rights Income Not Royalty Without Copyright Transfer

Income Tax : The Tribunal clarified that granting limited broadcast rights without rights to modify or exploit content does not constitute roya...

December 29, 2025 372 Views 0 comment Print

Patna HC Refuses Bail in Copyright Violation for Selling Duplicate FMCG Products

Corporate Law : High Court denied pre-arrest bail to a trader found selling fake branded goods without GST invoices, holding such acts cause finan...

October 21, 2025 1617 Views 0 comment Print

SC Clarifies Copyright vs Design for Industrial Works

Corporate Law : SC sets framework distinguishing copyright from design protection for industrial drawings, impacting IP law. Clarifies Section 15(...

April 25, 2025 1332 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Stays ED’s Property Attachment in Copyright Case

Corporate Law : Madras High Court stays ED's provisional attachment of director S. Shankar's property in a PMLA case related to copyright infringe...

April 8, 2025 360 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Permanently Blocks Rogue Websites Streaming Disney Hotstar Content

Corporate Law : In a landmark ruling, Delhi High Court permanently restrains 50 rogue websites from illegally streaming Disney Hotstar shows and m...

October 7, 2023 1173 Views 0 comment Print


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Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021

Corporate Law : 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) They shall come int...

March 30, 2021 7221 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019

Corporate Law : The following draft of certain rules to amend Copyright Rules, 2013 is hereby given and the draft will be taken into consideration...

May 30, 2019 1203 Views 0 comment Print

Inclusion of internet broadcasting organisations under Copyright Act, 1957-Reg.

Corporate Law : Whether the internet broadcasting companies come under the purview of Statutory Licensing as per provisions of section 31D of the ...

September 5, 2016 1741 Views 0 comment Print


Copyrights In India

November 21, 2021 2073 Views 0 comment Print

♦ Copyrights protect original works of authorship, such as literary works, music, dramatic works, pantomimes and choreographic works, sculptural, pictorial, and graphic works, sound recordings, artistic works, architectural works, and computer software. ♦ Copyright in India is governed by Copyright Act, 1957. ♦  As per this Act, copyright grants author’s lifetime coverage plus 60 years […]

Whether Copyright Registration not Necessary to Sue for Infringement?

November 1, 2021 3261 Views 0 comment Print

Registration under the Trade Marks Act confers specific distinct rights unavailable to an unregistered proprietor. Important amongst these is the right to sue for infringement. This is only available to a registered proprietor.

Process for Copyright Registration

September 27, 2021 48537 Views 0 comment Print

In this age of digitalization, India has come back a protracted manner from 1995 with loads of users to the current age with several web users of that the numbers continue to grow daily. We tend to simply a click removed from uploading, downloading, using, sharing, modifying information online within the sort of documents, pictures, […]

Patent Fees for Start-ups, MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs reduced by 80%

August 19, 2021 3141 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Commerce & Industry Simplified Patent and Copyright Registration helping India become an innovation hub : Shri Piyush Goyal Fees for Start-ups, MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs reduced by 80% India sees four fold increase in Patent and Trade Mark registrations during the last 5 years India’s ranking in Global Innovation Index up from 81st to […]

Design Protection Law Including Procedures

August 12, 2021 1665 Views 0 comment Print

Design protection plays a crucial role within the product market, increasing the aggressiveness of the manufacturer of the merchandise, and enhancing the quality of social life. Therefore it’s necessary to safeguard styles to reward the designer’s ability and to encourage future contributions.

Intellectual Property -Oil of the 21st century

April 5, 2021 2079 Views 0 comment Print

Every time we hear about the word Intellectual property, we should just look around and observe that there are hundreds of things around us which are inventions, creations of minds and whose origin can be traced back from to ancient use of stamps, design on flags for identifying the troops to today’s global world. But […]

Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021

March 30, 2021 7221 Views 0 comment Print

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Copyright registration Not Mandatory for Protection under Copyright Act

March 9, 2021 12489 Views 0 comment Print

Sanjay Soya Private Limited Vs Narayani Trading Company (Bombay High Court) Registration under the Copyright Act is optional and not compulsory. Registration is not necessary to claim a copyright. Registration under the Copyright Act merely raises a prima facie presumption in respect of the particulars entered in the Register of Copyright. The presumption is however […]

Sale of software- Transfer of copyright or transfer of a copyrighted article?

August 28, 2020 6141 Views 0 comment Print

Since past two-decade, software industry has undergone tremendous technological changes and accordingly such industry has emerged to be one of the fastest growing industry worldwide. India being a developing country provides ample opportunities for Multi-national Enterprises (MNEs) to expand their business in India. The technological advancement has acquainted such MNEs to expand with negligible physical […]

Virtual Teaching and Copyright: How Fair is Fair Use?

June 18, 2020 4434 Views 0 comment Print

Today information and communication technologies (ICT) are developing at a pace as never before seen, they reflect opportunities for creative interventions to help reduce the education gap. ICT may act as a bridge to transcend geographical limitations in education, enabling wider dissemination of learning materials as well as allowing for collaborative learning and production of […]

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