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Copyright Ownership of Abandonware
There are several old versions of different software no longer distributed or supported by their owners as they tend to shift their focus...
Jan 21, 20213 min read
The Copyright Notice Requirement
A copyright notice is a notice of statutorily prescribed form, placed on copies or phone records of a work that informs the public of the...
Jun 13, 20204 min read
Softwares Copyrightable Under The Indian Copy Right Act
Introduction Computer instructions that tell the computer how to work is software. Software is an extremely sensitive creation for the...
May 26, 20205 min read
Should The Works Created By Artificial Intelligence Machine Be Protected Under The Copyright Law?
INTRODUCTION The introduction or coming into being of artificial intelligence and its development has formed challenges in the world of...
Feb 5, 202013 min read
Netflix Documentary Stirs The Copyright Cauldron
The practice and philosophy of Yoga is millions of years old. The Bhagavat Gita propounds that “Yoga is the journey of the self, through...
Dec 14, 20196 min read
Copyright Act And Photographs On Social Media
Are photographs posted on Social Media Protected under Copyright Law? Introduction We live, today, in an internet age, where human...
Nov 23, 20196 min read
Parallel Imports and Copy-right
Introduction “Grey-Market Goods”, as intriguing as the name may seem, has a meaning which is equally interesting. They refer to the goods...
Oct 10, 20195 min read
Your Wedding Sangeet Won’t Violate Any Copyrights, Or Will It?
The Copyright Registry on August 27, 2019 released a public notification containing a much awaited clarification regarding public...
Sep 2, 20193 min read
Khurana & Khurana Opens Jalandhar (Punjab) Office
Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (K&K) along with its IP Asset Management Practice, IIPRD, are happy to announce that they...
May 11, 20192 min read
Doctrine Of Originality In Copyright
INTRODUCTION Originality is the basic yardstick used by the copyright regimes in the world to evaluate the availability copyright...
Apr 16, 20194 min read
Should ‘WhatsApp’ Be Held Liable For Not Reviewing Materials Being Shared On Their Platform That Infringes Authors’ Copyright?
INTRODUCTION “The right to be attributed as an author of a work is not merely a copyright, it is every author’s basic human right” ―...
Apr 16, 20195 min read
Owner Of The Artworks Created By AIs
Artificial Intelligence, which was fiction in the 1950s, is more science and less fiction these days. AI can already compose music; write...
Dec 29, 20184 min read
All About Section 31 D of Copyright Act, 1957
The 2012 amendment in Copyright Act has introduced various provisions, one of them being section 31 D. This section is concerned with the...
Oct 9, 20187 min read
3EU’s New Copyright Directive Proposal: Boon for Strengthening IPR Law Protection or Bane on the Individual Internet Freedom?
We are at a time where the internet is bringing the world closer together, turning itself into a close-knit community. Internet has...
Sep 13, 20185 min read
Copyrighting Patents
The nature of Intellectual Property Rights is such that, like any other law, it has loopholes as well as overlaps. These overlaps arise...
Jun 8, 20184 min read
Ownership Of Third Party Content On A Website/ Social Media/ Blogs Etc.
We all know that the copyright of any literary/dramatic/artistic work lies with the author of the work even if the copyright is not...
May 29, 20182 min read
Violation Of Moral Right In Light Of ‘Ghar Se Nikalte Hi’- Will This Be An Eye Opener For The Trend Of Remixes?
“ Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic...
Apr 26, 20185 min read
Law On Internet Memes
Internet users in India spend half their time on social media every day. It is one of the most efficient platforms for communication yet...
Feb 13, 20183 min read
Does Publication of Bare Acts by Private Companies amount to Copyright Infringement?
Introduction “f ignorance of law is no excuse it presupposes that a citizen is able to know law. The elementary requirement in this...
Feb 7, 20186 min read
Freedom of Panorama
Freedom of panorama is a derived from German word Panoramafreiheit. It is the right of individual to publish photographs of the public...
Nov 29, 20174 min read
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