Music is among the oldest and most universal forms of human expression and it is also among the most legally complex categories of creative work that copyright law is called upon to protect. A single commercially released song involves, in the ordinary case, at least three distinct creative contributions – the musical composition created by […]
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Trademark law exists to protect two distinct but related interests simultaneously. It protects the proprietor of a registered mark against the unauthorized use of that mark by others who would free-ride on the reputation and goodwill that the proprietor has built. And it protects consumers against confusion – against the risk that they will be
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Delhi High Court | Suit No. 159 of 1999 Decided on 9 March 2001 Judge: Justice Mukul Mudgal Citation: 2001 PTC 432 (Del) | 90 (2001) DLT 659 | 2001 (58) DRJ 306 Background Tata Sons Limited is one of the oldest and largest business conglomerates in India. The company has been the registered proprietor
High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 29 July 2011 IA No. 15781/2008 & IA No. 3085/2009 in CS (OS) No. 2682/2008 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan Singh Citation: 2011 (48) PTC 49 (Del) Background Super Cassettes Industries Limited, popularly known as T-Series, is one of India’s largest music labels and film production
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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 28 August 2009 CS (OS) No. 930 of 2009 Bench: Hon’ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar Citation: (2009) 41 PTC 260 (Del) | 2009 SCC OnLine Del 3108 Background Chemtura Corporation is a corporation organised under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America
Among the three foundational criteria that a patent applicant must satisfy to obtain a grant novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability industrial applicability is perhaps the least litigated and the least theoretically contested, yet it performs an indispensable function in defining the outer boundary of the patent system’s reach. It is the criterion that ensures
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Few creative works demand as much capital, coordinate as many individual contributions, or generate as much commercial activity as a cinematograph film. A feature film involves the labour of writers, directors, composers, lyricists, performers, cinematographers, editors, sound designers, visual effects artists and hundreds of others whose individual creative contributions are assembled, over months or years,
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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Commercial Division | Decided: 23rd April, 2019 Notice of Motion (L) No. 197 of 2018 in Commercial IP Suit (L) No. 114 of 2018 and Notice of Motion (L) No. 198 of 2018 in Commercial IP Suit (L) No. 113 of 2018 Bench: S.J. Kathawalla, J. Citation: AIRONLINE 2019
High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 10 September 2009 | I.A. No. 7441 of 2008 in C.S. (OS) No. 1206 of 2008 Bench: Hon’ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar Citation: 2009 SCC OnLine Del (C.S.(OS) No. 1206 of 2008) Background Strix Limited is a company incorporated in 1951 under the name Castletown Thermostats
Delhi High Court | I.A. No. 10115 of 1998 in Suit No. 2469 of 1998 Decided on 19 February 1999 Judge: Dr. M.K. Sharma J. Background Yahoo Inc. is an American company that has been operating as a global Internet media service provider under the trademark and domain name “Yahoo!” since 1994. The domain name