Author name: Prashant Reddy

T. Prashant Reddy graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, with a B.A.LLB (Hons.) degree in 2008. He later graduated with a LLM degree (Law, Science & Technology) from the Stanford Law School in 2013. Prashant has worked with law firms in Delhi and in academia in India and Singapore. He is also co-author of the book Create, Copy, Disrupt: India's Intellectual Property Dilemmas (OUP).

Delhi High Court dismisses yet another petition against IPRS & PPL

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In a well-reasoned judgment dated 25th May, Justice S. Murlidhar of the Delhi High Court dismissed a petition by Event and Entertainment Management Association seeking directions to the Central Government for framing of ‘appropriate and objective standards towards the determination and levying of royalties of various copyrighted works administered’ by Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) & Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS). The petitioners also wanted directions on the ‘mode of enforcing and administering such royalties’. The Event and Entertainment Management […]

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Guest Post: Anu Malik’s tryst with ‘karma’

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Tania Sarcar, a student of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) has sent in this very interesting post on the latest round of copyright battles in Bollywood. It involved Anu Malik (image from here) accusing Pritam Chakraborty of copyright infringement – pot calling the kettle black? Read on….. Whose ‘Character’ is actually ‘Dheela’?by Tania Sarcar Music composer Annu Malik has accused Pritam Chakraborty, who is currently the most sought after composer in the Hindi Film Industry, of plagiarism

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Delhi High Court imposes costs of Rs. 3 lakhs on Dr. Wobben for withdrawing his appeals

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The Delhi High Court while considering applications for withdrawal of 3 of Dr. Wobben’s appeals, granted liberty to withdraw all 3 appeals on the condition that the appellant (Dr. Wobben) pays costs of Rs. 50,000 each, to Enercon India Ltd. and the Government of India in each of the 3 appeals filed by him i.e. Rs. 1 lakh an appeal. The orders can be accessed over here, here and here. Image from here. We had earlier reported on these appeals

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Did the pre-Kurian Patent Office grant thousands of patents in violation of procedure?

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For the last few years several of us have been astounded by the stunning rate of patent grants by the Indian Patent Offices. Just have a look at the figures: In 2006-07, the patent office granted just 1,911 patents with a staff of 150 examiners and 20 Asst. Controllers. By 2006-07 this climbed to whopping 7,539 patents with a staff of 133 Examiners & 33 Assistant Controllers. In 2008-09 the patent office proceeded to grant 16,061 patents with a reduced

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The virtues of notarization & the lack of it in the Patent Rules, 2003

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Going through some of the file wrappers of Dr. Wobben’s patents (currently under challenge by Enercon India) I came across the Power of Attorney that Dr. Aloys Wobben had made out in the name of his Indian patent agents empowering them to take all steps to prosecute the patent applications before the patent office. The PoA can be accessed over here. Very interestingly below his signature, there was a statement stating that there was no requirement of notarization of the

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SpicyIP Open Government Project: Draft TK Rules 2009

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Around 31 years ago somewhere across the T.V. airwaves, Minister for Administrative Affairs Mr. James George Hacker had tried to implement an ‘Open Government’ project which was unfortunately sabotaged by Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby. However in the words of he who I cannot remember, “you can never kill an idea”. Image from here. Anyway getting down to the point of it all, we hope to kick off our own ‘Open Government’ project. The very simple, unambitious objective of our

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IJLT-CIS Lecture series to be streamed live tomorrow

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The Indian Journal of Law and Technology and the Centre for Internet and Society present the lecture series on “Emerging Issues in Privacy: Law, Policy and Practice” on 21st and 22nd May, 2011. The lectures will be covering the following themes: 1. UID Project and Challenges to Privacy2. Privacy, Cloud Computing & Social Networking3. The State and Privacy: E-Surveillance et. al. The following speakers have currently confirmed their presence at the event 1. Dr. Usha Ramanathan2. Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy3. Ms.

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Sholay scores interim victory in landmark ‘ringtones’ litigation

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The Delhi High Court has recently passed interim orders in the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sholay Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. against Vodafone over the sale of ringtones of songs and dialogues from the super-duper 70s Bollywood blockbuster Sholay. We had blogged about the dispute earlier over here. The judgment of the Delhi High Court is available over here. The Plaintiffs were represented by Mr. Jagdish Sagar, Partner at Anand and Anand who briefed Senior Advocate Sudhir Chandra Agarwal.

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IJLT-CIS Lecture Series on 21 and 22 May, 2011

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The Indian Journal of Law and Technology in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, presents the 2nd IJLT- CIS Lecture Series, an event comprised of a series of lectures by luminaries with expertise in law and technology to give students, professionals and anyone interested a comprehensive idea about the theme “Emerging Issues in Privacy Law: Law, Policy and Practice”. The focus will be on contemporary sub-issues of critical relevance such as:• The Unique Identity Project and Challenges to

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DIPP steps into TK Arena – diplaces NBA?

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The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) working under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has released a ‘Country Position Paper’ on ‘traditional knowledge’. The paper and the ‘national consultations’ that followed the publication of the position paper aimed at clarifying the official position of the Government of India taking place before the Inter-Governmental Committee on Traditional Knowledge at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The result of the national consultations can be accessed over here and here. While

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