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Rajeev Sharma
Join Date:
2011-05-06
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1 - lawmeanslaw
Law and verdict on important legal issues including copyrights and penal & procedural issues
Latest Blog Posts
- INJUNCTION AGAINST UN-NAMED AND UNDISCLOSED PERSONUTV approached Hon’ble High Court of Delhi seeking relief against large scale violation of its copyright in earlier films produced by it by several known and unknown cable operators who telecast pirated version of the films of the plaintiff on ca...
- FAIR DEALING FOR PRIVATE USE COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS NOT APPLYon Sep 11, 2011 in PRIVATE USE OF WORK NO COPYRIGHT INRINGMENTSection 52 of the Act provides for certain acts which would not constitute an infringement of copyright. When a fair dealing is made, inter alia, of a literary or dramatic work for the purpose of private use including research and criticism or review...
- CONSIDER STATUTORY PROVISIONon Sep 11, 2011 in Avoid Multiplicity Court should considerDecree for injunction is an equitable relief. The courts while passing a decree for permanent injunction would avoid multiplicity of proceedings. The court while passing such a decree, is obligated to consider the statutory provisions governing the s...
- NO COPYRIGHT IN AN IDEAon Sep 11, 2011 in SAME IDEA COPYRIGHT OF STAGE PLAY NO COPYRIGHT IN AN IDEA PIRACY CLEAR AND COGENT EVIDENCEIn the case of R.G. Anand vs. M/s Deluxe Films & ors. Hon'ble Supreme Court has emerged the following propositions: There can be no copyright in an idea, subject-matter, themes, plots or historical or legendary facts and violation of the copyr...
- PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST CABLE NETWORKA decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendant from telecasting or broadcasting on their cable network any cinematograph film, the copyright in which vests in them. They also seek from this Court, a decree directing the Defendant to hand...
- COPYRIGHT MATERIAL MEANSIn the case of Eastern Book Company & ors. vs. D.B. Modak & Anr. [(2008) 1 SCC 1], Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that the Copyright Act is not concerned with the original idea but with the expression of thought. Copyright has nothing to do w...
- COURT MUSTon Sep 10, 2011 in LAWIn the case of Hubbard vs- Vosper, reported in 1972 (1) All ER 1072 the court must consider the question of proportions, in the case of a copyright infringement action.
- STAY ON CENSORon Aug 31, 2011 in HIGH COURTS ON COPYRIGHT<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--&...
- UTVon May 10, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDERIN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI*CS(OS) No. 821/2011 UTV software communications limited ...
- CENSOR MUSTon May 7, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDERCensor Must...
- CENSOR MUSTon May 7, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDERCensor Must...
- COPYRIGHT "HOTELS"on May 3, 2011 in HIGH COURTS ON COPYRIGHTHon’ble High Court of Delhi in the case of Super Cassette Industries v. Nirulas Corner House (P) Ltd has held as under:(vide order dated 17.3.2008)The copyrights conferred under Section 14 of the Act consist of a bundle of rights. T...
- COPYRIGHT "HOTELS"on May 3, 2011 in HIGH COURTS ON COPYRIGHTHon’ble High Court of Delhi in the case of Super Cassette Industries v. Nirulas Corner House (P) Ltd has held as under:(vide order dated 17.3.2008)The copyrights conferred under Section 14 of the Act consist of a bundle of rights. T...
- CENSOR MUSTon May 1, 2011 in LAWHon’ble High Court in the case of Super Cassette Industries Ltd. Versus Central Board of Film Certification alongwith 39 cases has observed and held as under: (a) Once a film is made or produced in a DVD or VCD or any other format and is made avai...
- CENSOR MUSTon May 1, 2011 in LAWHon’ble High Court in the case of Super Cassette Industries Ltd. Versus Central Board of Film Certification alongwith 39 cases has observed and held as under: (a) Once a film is made or produced in a DVD or VCD or any other format and is made avai...
- NAGOTIon Apr 30, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDER...
- UTVon Apr 30, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDERUtv Verdict...
- NAGOTIon Apr 30, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDER...
- UTVon Apr 30, 2011 in JUDGMENT/ORDERUtv Verdict...
- Nagotion Apr 29, 2011 in SUPREME COURTS ON COPYRIGHTHon’ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Andhra Pradesh versus Nagoti Venkataramana has observed and held as under: a copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed when any other person makes for sale or hire, or sells or lets...