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Absolute Grounds for Refusal under Section 9 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999

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A trademark application in India does not receive registration as a matter of course. Before a mark enters the Register of Trade Marks and the statutory rights of an exclusive proprietor crystallize, the application must pass through a rigorous examination process administered by the Trade Marks Registry. That examination is governed by two distinct categories […]

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Zee Telefilms Ltd. & Film and Shot v. Sundial Communications Pvt. Ltd.

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Bombay High Court | A.P. Shah & D.K. Deshmukh JJ. | 27 March 2003 2003(27)PTC457(Bom) Background Sundial Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Plaintiff No. 1)- a television production company, conceptualized a show titled Kanhaiyya (later renamed Krish Kanhaiyya) in early 2002. The concept centered on Bal Krishna appearing in child form in a dysfunctional rich family, helping

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Author’s Rights in the Digital Age: A Comprehensive Analysis under the Copyright Act, 1957

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Copyright law is not merely a technical branch of statutory interpretation; it is the architecture that protects imagination. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957, together with the Copyright Rules, 2013, represents a carefully constructed legal framework designed to recognize, secure and enforce the rights of authors. Over decades of legislative amendments-particularly in 1994 and 2012-the

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