Author name: Anubha Sinha

Anubha Sinha - @anubhasinha_ on Twitter — is a graduate of Dr. RML National Law University, Lucknow, and presently works at the Centre for Internet and Society. She also blogs on www.cis-india.org

Call for Papers: NLSIU announces Consilience 2013 – Conference on contemporary technology related legal issues

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The readers may be interested to know that the the Law and Technology Committee of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing- ‘Consilience-2013’, which is an annual conference on contemporary technology related legal issues.  The conference, which is going to be held from 25th-26th May, 2013 will have as its theme “Data Protection and Cyber Security in India”. The Committee is devoted to the field of technology law and has sought to inspire academic debates and tackle contentious […]

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CPI(M): Government negotiating adverse FTA terms

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Source The Indo-EU FTA has been a cause for concern for a long time now, with serious worries expressed by both industry people and political parties in India. Recently, the party CPI(M) lashed out at the government for having proceeded with the FTA without any scrutiny by Parliament or other democratic institutions, despite so many disadvantageous terms in the FTA . Last week, Amul had expressed its worries about the domestic dairy sector taking a huge hit if EU products

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SpicyIP Weekly Review(March- Week 5)

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SpicyIP Posts: The week started with L.Gopika informing us of a wonderful initiative by the Office of The Controller General Patents, Designs& Trade Marks providing for the establishment of joint committees consisting of members from Trademark stakeholders and some officers of the Trademark Registry. This initiative has been suggested as a mechanism to find constructive solutions for the various problems that arise with respect to trademark matters as well as to ensure better coordination between the TMR and the trademark stakeholders.  Next,

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Clarification: Trademark Infringement Suit against Viacom withdrawn

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Images from here and here In this tidbit, we blogged about a local Court in Gurgaon granting an ex-parte interim injunction against Viacom 18 Pvt Ltd., restraining them from using the trademark ‘Nautanki’ and the accompanying logo last week(as reported here). The Great Indian Nautanki Company Private Limited (GINC), which runs the entertainment project ‘Kingdom Of Dreams’ in Gurgaon had filed a lawsuit against Viacom for infringing their trademark ‘Nautanki’. Viacom produces a successful comedy show ‘Nautanki – The Comedy Theatre’ which is aired on Colors channel on Indian television.  Subsequent to

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Increased copyright prices of vintage Bollywood songs burning a hole in movie budgets

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Source After an aggressive copyright enforcement drive by the music label Saregama India Ltd(here and here), reports suggest that the record company has also upped the costs of purchasing copyright of its songs. Contemporary filmmakers frequently use Bollywood classic songs to lend a vintage charm to their movies. Recently, some Bollywood filmmakers were in for a rude shock after they learnt that payment for using a couple of lines from a yesteryear Bollywood song was 30 lakh rupees. Earlier, the

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Viacom restrained from using ‘Nautanki’ trademark

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Images from here and here A local Court in Gurgaon granted an ex-parte interim injunction against Viacom 18 Pvt Ltd., restraining them from using the trademark ‘Nautanki’ and the accompanying logo last week, as reported here.  The Great Indian Nautanki Company Private Limited (GINC), which runs the hugely popular entertainment project ‘Kingdom Of Dreams’ in Gurgaon had filed a lawsuit against Viacom for infringing their trademark ‘Nautanki’. Viacom produces a successful comedy show ‘Nautanki – The Comedy Theatre’ which is aired

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Government notifies Copyright Rules, 2013

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The Copyright Rules, 2013 was notified by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development on 14th March 2013. These new rules are pursuant to the amendments and new provisions introduced to the Copyright Act, 1958 through The Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012. The Draft Copyright Rules were released in August by the Copyright Office inviting comments of stakeholders and experts. In October, the Ministry of HRD also conducted a meeting with stakeholders and experts regarding the Rules. We have reason

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March Week 3)

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SpicyIP Posts:  The week started with Mathews P. George’s two part post(here and here) to the 248th Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development on the Universities Research and Innovation Bill, 2012. The report was highly critical of the Bill and he discussed recommendations put forth by the committee regarding: strengthening the existing framework, shortage of faculty, apprehension about easy entry of foreign Universities in India, absence of monitoring mechanism and establishment of universities.  Next, Prashant Reddy brought

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Knock(ed) Out!

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Please note that this post stands corrected. Read our clarification here. Source Indian courts seem to be catching up with Bollywood rip-offs of Hollywood movies in terms of awarding proportionate damages to Hollywood studios. The Bombay High Court last week held the producers of Knock Out (2010 Bollywood movie) liable for copyright infringement and, decreed damages for Rs. 1.25 crores payable to 20th Century Fox. The Court after viewing both movies found that the makers of Knock Out had massively copied from the widely

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EU Human Rights Court justifies The Pirate Bay convictions

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On Wednesday, the European Court of Human Rights in a unanimous ruling rejected an appeal to quash the convictions of two The Pirate Bay(TPB) founders Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde. The two had filed an application at this Court in June 2012, alleging that their freedom of expression had been violated when Swedish Courts in 2009 had held them liable for contributory copyright infringement. The TPB is a file-sharing website using “torrents”, which are files enabling users to distribute and

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