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 HC ejects petitions against Copyright Societies & Copyright Act

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Ranjan Jha, an advocate practicing before the Delhi High Court, has alerted us to this decision of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court pronounced yesterday and available over here. We had briefly mentioned this petition earlier, which has been filed by the Federation of Hotels & Restaurants Association of India challenging certain key provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957, as also the tariff schemes and licensing rates that were being charged by PPL & IPRS. The petition also […]

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Sholay strikes back – This time Vodafone is the victim

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‘Sholay is no longer just a film, its an event’ Anupama Chopra Sholay Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. the company which owns all rights to the epic 1970s blockbuster, Sholay (featuring Jai, Veeru, Basanti, Dhano, Gabar, Soorma Bhopali & Kalia) filed a law suit, on 1st March, 2011 before the Delhi High Court, against telecom giant Vodafone, alleging copyright infringement over Vodafone’s sale of music and dialogues from the movie as ringtones/caller-tunes. On this day Justice V. K. Jain after

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The role of IP in the Enercon dispute – Lessons for future Joint-Ventures in India

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While we have been tracking the Enercon patent dispute for a few months now, it should not be forgotten that the main battle between Enercon GmBH and the Mehra Group, is for management control – over Enercon (India) Ltd. (EIL) – the company incorporated for the purpose of executing the joint venture by both the warring parties. A part of the battle is also to seize control of the 16 subsidiaries of EIL and 11 associated companies, all of which

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‘International Press’ covers Enercon dispute; Indian media continues to give it the royal ignore

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The New York Times, the Financial Times and the German Times have all carried stories on Enercon GmBH’s dispute with its Indian partner. We have blogged about the Enercon patent disputes over here and here. The New York Times carried a fairly balanced piece describing the genesis of the dispute between Enercon GmBh and the Mehra Group; a dispute which eventually cost Enercon GmBH 12 of its patents which were successfully challenged before the IPAB. It also speculates that the

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Delhi High Court to hear the ‘Nexavar’ patent infringement suit tomorrow

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Bayer’s patent infringement suit against Cipla, for the Nexavar patent is now slated for a hearing tomorrow the 23rd of March, 2011 before the Delhi High Court. Regretably Justice Ravindra Bhat will, in all probability, not be hearing the matter any longer as he has been shifted to a Division Bench deciding criminal appeals. Justice Bhat was the person responsible for putting this litigation on a fast-track. As blogged by us earlier, the Court had already framed the issues in

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‘Open’ carries a story on the ‘behind-the-scenes’ of the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010

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‘Open’ Magazine has carried this interesting piece, by Rahul Bhatia, on the drama behind the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010. This piece traces the story of how the lyricists and composers were upset with the royalties that were being given to them and how they managed to convince Minister Kapil Sibal to address their grievances through an amendment to the Copyright Act, 1957. This piece is definitely a must read for anybody interested in the political negoatiations behind the Copyright Amendment

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‘Soundbox’ carries interview with Javed Akhtar on the story behind the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010

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Soundbox, a trade magazine focussing on the Indian music industry, has carried a brilliant, detailed interview of noted lyricist Mr. Javed Akhtar by Aparna Joshi. Mr. Akhtar is widely regarded as the one man army pushing for the amendments to the Copyright Act, 1957. The entire issue of Soundbox is available on our website over here. Image from here. In his interview Mr. Akhtar details the genesis of his motivation to push so hard for the amendment bill. It all

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Parliament’s ambtitious, yet unfulfilled, IP agenda for the Budget Session, 2011

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Subsequent to Shamnad’s post on shortened Parliament session and IP Bills I briefly browsed through Parliament to compile a list of legislations and rules, impacting innovation and intellectual property in India, which were scheduled to be debated by Parliament this session. The list can be found on the Parliament website over here. These laws are as follows: (i) The Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009 – This Bill proposes the creation of original jurisdiction amongst all High Courts in

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Major irregularities in Mr. Rahaman’s appointment to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board

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As most of our readers may already know, the constitutionality of the IPAB has been challenged on the grounds that it violates the ‘separation of powers’ between the Executive and the Judiciary. We had filed RTIs to gain an insight into the actual working of the Board and in the process we seem to have discovered major mind-boggling irregularities in the appointment process itself wherein the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) have disregarded mandatory government procedures. These irregularities

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DIPP responds to RTI queries on IPAB

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The DIPP finally replied to our RTI queries two weeks and has provided us a ton of photocopies of several documents pertaining to the IPAB’s functioning and appointments. The RTIs were filed with an intent to discover the working of the IPAB. If nothing, these replies at the very least provide a fascinating insight into the awesome bureaucratic machinery that we have inherited from the British. There is no doubt that you have to be unbelievably skilled to tackle the

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