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In an important ruling early this year, the Delhi High Court tackled a contentious problem in copyright regulation in India: using certified songs for wedding-associated activities.

The Delhi High Court, vide its judgment dated February 15, 2016, brought clarity to a few key issues regarding the status of transfer of pending and filed Intellectual Property Rights cases...

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) qualify as protectable designs under India's Designs Act, 2000, rejecting the Controller's narrow interpretation that excluded digital interfaces from registration. The landmark decision establishes that GUIs reflect creative aesthetic choices in visual elements like icons, menus, and color palettes that can be judged by the eye, and clarifies that the term 'article' requires broad interpretation...

India has been a witness to an enormous surge in the filing of applications for intellectual property rights and the subsequent approvals of those applications in the last five years.

Originality is the basic yardstick used by the copyright regimes in the world to evaluate the availability copyright protection to a particular work.

The Government Authorities including police are bound to execute and enforce the orders of court, and as such the courts are empowered to direct any government authority to do or not to do...

Custom Authorities are gaining importance for their role in enforcing intellectual property by protecting borders from the entry of goods that infringe intellectual property. This Article analyzes the legal framework for border enforcement of IP in India.

In this modern era Intellectual Property Right is gaining a lot of importance in the society of inventors, research oriented industries, multi-national companies and small & medium enterprises.

Fashion is a massive industry that thrives in a competitive global environment. Its economic and cultural influence is enormous and it invades every possible creative sectors. The fashion industry primarily depends on creativity which is considered to be of a fundamental nature and impractical to be owned outright as a property. It is precisely because fashion pervades many aspects of our lives. The sharing and appropriations of creativeness is the foundation of the assimilation of fashion in th

As a content creator in India, understanding the nuances of copyright law and fair use can be a complex task. While copyright protects original works, fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission. Let's delve into this topic from a legal perspective, humanized for your understanding.

Freedom of speech and expression over the internet influence the entire online community...

In a case that goes back as 2005, between Mondelez India Foods Pvt Ltd, better known as Cadbury, and Neeraj Food Products, the Delhi High Court has finally made its judgement, ruling in favor of the plaintiff.

India is believed to have an incredible potential to become one of the world's leading markets and hub for the innovation, research and development.

Food is not only a means for survival for all life cycles, but also a fascination for food enthusiasts.

The power of social media as a virtual platform for disseminating content created by an individual or entity is limitless. Social media is, by and large, ...

The President of India has promulgated an Ordinance (defined hereinafter) abolishing the Intellectual Property Appellate Board which was entrusted with certain matters falling under various Intellectual Property Rights laws.

The law relating to the issue of injunction in civil suits is laid down in the Specific Relief Act, 1963 and the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.