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With the explosion of the internet in the early 2000s, dissemination of information is easier, all the more convenient, and is quite literally, child's play.

With ever increasing investments and opportunities of M&A in virtual world, the importance of virtual assets and underlying risks is drawing legal and diligence eyeballs.

When Radio Mirchi FM came across multiple clips from its well-known talk show starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, "What Women Want" splashed across social media website Instagram and video sharing application YouTube...

Plagiarism, the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages there from, and passing the material off as one's own creation which has plagued the world ever since one remembers, is now regarded as violation of copyright by the court.

Technological strides in media and communication have created newer avenues of copyright infringement and most cases of copyright infringement today are reported from the electronic media industry.

A consortium of 14 publishers including Conde Nast, Forbes and The Atlantic are suing AI startup Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement, accelerating the news industry's legal battle with technology.

"Reason is the soul of an Order." This was the manner in which the Rajasthan High Court chose to highlight the importance of clearly setting out reasons for allowing or rejecting a prayer while considering an application made before a Court.

It is a trite law that a judgement and order passed by the court having no territorial jurisdiction would be a nullity. The provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, govern determination of territorial jurisdiction of a Civil Court. Section 20 of the Code provides that the suits which do not come within the purview of Section 16 to 19 of the Code are to be instituted where the defendants reside or cause of action arises.

Due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, various government bodies are taking stringent step in order to ensure public safety amidst the outbreak.

Recently, the Delhi High Court delivered an interim order in the case of McDonald's Corporation & Anr v. National Internet Exchange of India & Ors. via video conferencing.

As the title suggests, this particular blog deals with the compulsory licensing of copyright in our country. However, in order to understand compulsory licensing, the concept pertinent to "licenses" needs to be grasped first.

The convergence of ‘Artificial Intelligence' (AI) and music labels is under legal scrutiny as the use of AI in the music industry is changing the course of music industry in multiple ways.

As AI-generated visuals become routine in creative pitches, a new legal grey zone is emerging, one that many businesses underestimate until it becomes a dispute. A common scenario illustrates this risk.

AI-generated art is booming, and the Indian Copyright Office is baffled. AI generated art is made autonomously by artificial intelligence without human creative input ...

In a prominent copyright dispute matter involving the famous YouTuber Gaurav Taneja ("Defendant"), popularly known as ‘The Flying Beast', the Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has directed Mr. Taneja.

Although there have been several intellectual property (IP) infringement cases in India, most of the time the litigants either settle the dispute out of court or are satisfied with a permanent injunction.

Images, video, and audio that have been doctored are not new but what makes today's deep fakes unique and alarming is how advanced digital falsification systems have been.

Can a request for information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 ("RTI Act") be denied on grounds of being the copyright of a third party?