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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 663 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 1185 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 1656 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 1854 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 378 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 1335 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 1176 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


Ignoring Intellectual Property Protection is Winding Up Business

June 14, 2020 1383 Views 0 comment Print

MSME / Traditional Business = Ignoring Intellectual Property Protection Is Winding Up Business Business has not changed but the way of doing the business has changed and infact the change is on fast track mode thanks to Technology. Due to this fast track mode, many of the traditional business who never changed the way of […]

Copyright Registration Process

May 15, 2020 6204 Views 0 comment Print

What is a copyright? A copyright is ‘a person’s exclusive right to reproduce, publish, or sell his or her original work of authorship (as a literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, or architectural work)’. Thus, copyright safeguards the author over his/her creations so that their productivity and creativity cannot be infringed. A copyright is done once the […]

Exceptions to Infringement under Copyright Act, 1957 & Doctrine of Fair Dealing

May 8, 2020 31032 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains What is Copyright Infringement, What is Exception to Copyright Infringement,  Doctrine of Fair Dealing and In which particular Benchmark Judgement was Fair Dealing included. What is Copyright Infringement? Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized use of someone’s copyrighted work. Thus, it is the use of someone’s copyrighted work without permission thereby infringing certain rights […]

Media Piracy – The Unrecognized Enemy of Copyright

May 7, 2020 870 Views 0 comment Print

Copyright piracy in all its forms has acted as a drain on the development of creative industry in many developing economies. Studies have shown that decreasing piracy would increase flows to GDP, tax coffers and high-wage jobs to those in countries hardest hit by piracy.

Intellectual Property Rights vis-à-vis COVID-19

April 16, 2020 4035 Views 0 comment Print

What does the economy need? For an economy to grow and its consumer society to prosper, intellectual property serves as an underpinning factor for the country. To fight the present Pandemic, it is even more quintessential as it is a fundamental instrument to help nations fight together. Globally, the pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are striving […]

Some Facts Related To Industrial Design and its Protection

April 11, 2020 5280 Views 0 comment Print

Goods or articles which are visually attractive catch attention of customers faster than other goods of same quality and make. Visual attraction enhances marketability of the articles. The manufactures of goods and articles to sale their products in the competitive market design their articles such that they become attractive and suit the eyes of customers. […]

Assignment of Copyrights

April 7, 2020 34767 Views 0 comment Print

WHAT ARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; Intellectual property is the product of the human intellect including creativity concepts, inventions, industrial models, trademarks, songs, literature, symbols, names, brands, etc. Intellectual Property Rights do not differ from other property rights. They allow their owner to completely benefit from his/her product which was initially an idea that developed and […]

Intellectual Property Rights

February 9, 2020 9648 Views 0 comment Print

is the creative work of human intellect. For development of each country its human workforce plays a vital role. The level of intelligence and its protection are the key to success for every nation. The world today is running on the basis of natural resources and human intellect. For utilisation of natural resources also required […]

Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights and its Key Business Concerns

January 16, 2020 13128 Views 1 comment Print

As you all know Copyrights Trademarks Patents etc are buzzing words of this decade.To elaborate IPR in India are broadly classified in five categories that is Copyright, Trademark, Patent, Designs, Geographical indication The biggest opportunity/advantage as well as the threat in IPR is that it is an intangible asset. For example if I want to own a flat […]

Commercialisation of Intellectual Property Rights : IP Assignment & IP Licensing

October 13, 2019 16140 Views 0 comment Print

Commercialisation of Intellectual Property Rights : IP Assignment and IP Licensing Commercialisation may be understood as a process of organisation of something in way to generate profit or managing a product or service or right or anything for financial gain. Assignment agreements are important since they allow the IP rights holder to transfer the IP […]

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