2014 – Page 45

No IPR protection for modern yoga techniques

January 29, 2014 / By L. Gopika Murthy / Copyright, Trademark

Early this month, the Delhi High Court in the case of Institute for Inner Studies v. Charlotte Anderson discussed the important issues of whether yoga asanas or Pranic Healing are entitled to copyright or trademark protection. The plaintiffs argued that the defendants’ use of the yoga techniques, practices and other teachings invented by the Master Choa Kok Sui (the Master) without the prior authorization of the plaintiffs was not permissible as firstly, it amounted to an infringement of the copyright […]

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Guest Post: Copyright Aspects in Open World Gaming

January 29, 2014 / By Swaraj Paul Barooah / Copyright

In his fourth submission to our SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series, Thomas Vallianeth brings us an interesting post discussing the copyright issues that arise in Open World Gaming – the phenomenon of immersive gaming with dynamic environments and character development. With this submission, we have concluded our 2nd annual SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series and we thank everyone who has participated in it! We should be announcing our new SpicyIP fellows later tonight! Copyright Aspects in Open World Gaming Video game enthusiasts might

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Moving past some starting trouble

January 28, 2014 / By Swaraj Paul Barooah / Others

As we get more cozy with our new website, we’ve recently discovered that there were still a few issues with parts of it. It appears that though the website has been getting entries in both the SpicyIP Jobs section, as well as the Anonymous Tips section – the notifications haven’t been coming to us! We’re working on getting this fixed and will be manually checking for updates till then. Apologies to everyone who has tried sending us an anonymous tip

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Guest Post: Dow Jones and MSM Resurrect the Hot News Doctrine

January 28, 2014 / By Swaraj Paul Barooah / Others

Thomas J. Vallianeth brings us his third guest post in our SpicyIP Fellowship series with this post on the Hot News doctrine. In this post Thomas looks over a recent suit filed by Dow Jones & Co for hot news misappropriation and concludes comparing it with the on going proceedings between Akuate Internet Services and MSM Satellite. You can view his previous posts here. Dow Jones and MSM Resurrect the Hot News Doctrine Dow Jones & Co., the financial information

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Guest Post: Deconstructing the Facebook Privacy Notice – Copyright and Privacy Protection

January 28, 2014 / By Swaraj Paul Barooah / Copyright, Privacy

In case you’ve ever wondered about Facebook’s terms of use regarding content you put on it, this guest post by Thomas J. Vallianeth will be of interest to you. This is Thomas’ second entry to our SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series. You can view his first entry here. Deconstructing the Facebook Privacy Notice – Copyright and Privacy Protection Among the many “urban legends” that go viral on Facebook, there is one of particular interest to the IP community. A few years ago

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Guest Post: 3D Printing and Indian Copyright Law

January 28, 2014 / By Swaraj Paul Barooah / Copyright

We move into the last few entries to our Fellowship applicant series with this post by Thomas J. Vallianeth, a third year student at NLU-Jodhpur. In this post he takes us through the copyright implications of what is perhaps one of the biggest technological advances we’ve made in the last decade – 3D printing. 3D Printing and Indian Copyright Law Hailed as the next best thing to happen to the printing industry since the invention of the printing press itself,

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Guest Post: One Work, Multiple Protections- Dilemma of IP

January 27, 2014 / By Swaraj Paul Barooah / Copyright, Trademark

In his third entry to our SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series, Shashank Mangal looks into the dilemmas of what type of protection one ought to seek for a particular subject matter that may be eligible for multiple types of IP protection. He focuses on Copyright, Trademarks and Designs in this post. You can view his previous posts here. One Work, Multiple Protections- Dilemma of IP Can one form of IP be isolated from another? What if the subject matter is a

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Guest Post: The Expanding Scope of Performers’ Rights

Shashank Mangal brings us his 2nd post in our fellowship series. This post questions the scope of performers’ rights and raises some interesting questions regarding the same. This is Shashank’s 2nd post in our fellowship series. You can view his first post here. The Expanding Scope of Performers’ Rights The Copyright Act provides for an inclusive or illustrative definition of “performer” as it says that – “performer” includes an actor, singer, musician, dancer, acrobat, juggler, conjurer, snake charmer, a person

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Guest Post: Don’t Copy My Architecture

Shashank Mangal, a 4th year student from ILS law college, Pune brings us a point by point discussion of copyright in architecture under the Copyright Act. This is Shashank’s first submission to the 2nd Annual SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series. If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time the blog has looked into this aspect of copyright law in any detail. Don’t copy my architecture The scope of this post is confined to copyright in architecture. As per Section 13

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Guest Post: Property Rights in the Virtual World

After a brief hiatus, we come back to our 2nd Annual SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series. In this post, Deepshikha Malhotra brings us an interesting post on property rights the virtual world! This is Deepshikha’s 2nd entry to our fellowship applicant series. Her first post is available here. Property Rights in the Virtual World If being materialistic in real life isn’t enough, we have plenty of opportunities to be so in the virtual world as well. From something as simplistic as

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