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The daughter, claimed a fair compensation for the copyright for the merits of her father's work (claim basis: Art. 32a UrhG), as a legal successor of her father.

India's handloom industry faces a critical challenge as traditional artisans struggle to protect their centuries-old craft from commercial exploitation despite robust legal frameworks. While the country has established comprehensive Geographical Indication laws and intellectual property protections for heritage textiles like Banarasi, Pochampally, and Kanchipuram sarees, a significant gap exists between legislative intent and practical enforcement. Can legal mechanisms truly safeguard the livelihoods of mil

Songs are made of multiple layers, from music composition, lyrics, and vocal performances to audio production, mixing, and mastering. While this seems simple, complications...

The film already faced a setback as it was set to release on December 31, 2022, but due to raise in Omricorn cases in India the same was postponed.

Despite the theoretical availability of copyright protection in India, copycatting remains a problem. Further, the few infringement cases before the courts have found in favour of the copycatter and not the original copyright owner.

Can a producer of a film remake or dub it without the permission of the author of the script? The answer to this question is given by a division bench of Madras High Court in a recent case of ...

Whether one likes them or hates them, tattoos have been a part of human culture and history for centuries now.

In the film industry, there has been a recent trend of remakes of old or successful films. A remake is a film that is based on the same tale as the original...

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of a computer or machine to mimic the competencies of the human mind, which often learns from previous experiences to understand and respond to...

The new legislation of Designs Act, 2002 has a different classification system than the old Designs Act, 1911.

It can be undisputedly argued that Computer programs and electronic circuitry diagrams both have been a subject matter of copyright protection but implementations of these appear more than the subject matter of copyright protection.

Intellectual property right (hereinafter to be referred to as "IPR") has not been defined in any of Indian statues; however, the judiciary has described it as a negative right which means it is a...

During the past decade, the gaming business has witnessed a spectacular transition. Games are no longer a kid's pastime but have evolved into a larger business and industry.

As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt famously said, "from the dawn of civilization to 2003, five exabytes of data were created. The same amount was created in the last two days."

In the fast-moving world of fashion, creativity is everything. Every sketch, every stitch, every fabric choice tells a story.

On the 31st of July 2023, the Parliament passed the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and amended the Cinematograph Act, 1952, thereby strengthening the film piracy law in India.

Music sampling—the practice of taking snippets or "samples" of existing songs and using them in a new musical composition—has become central to modern music, especially in hip-hop, EDM, and pop.