On the heel of reports that forever 21 is offering lookalike version of Rihanna Fenty’s for Puma, the German sport wear giant had slapped the copyright retailer with a design patent, trade dress, copyright infringement lawsuits. According to Pumas suit which was filed in district US court for the central district of California, the [...]
The Delhi high court set aside an interim injunction order imposed against biscuit maker Britannia passed by a single judge, thereby allowing it to manufacture and sell its digestive biscuit Nutri Choice Zero. Britannia was involved in a copyright infringement litigation\ related to the packaging of the biscuit with foods to hotels conglomerate ITC which sells one of its own brands [...]
Facebook had offered to buy Snapchat for a whopping 3 Billion Dollars, which it politely declined. Fast forward a few months and Facebook took the fight to a whole new level. Recently, both Instagram and Whatsapp launched the ‘stories’ feature, in quick succession. Before this, such a feature was unique to Snapchat (the uninitiated may go here). Let’s make a [...]
A copyright infringement action requires a plaintiff to prove (1) Ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) Actionable copying by the defendant of constituent elements of the work that are original. Copyright- Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This [...]
Wonder if S P Balasubrahmanyam is right now remembering this breezy number he sang for Ilayaraaja back in 1989 for the iconic Kamal Haasan film Appu Raja. The lyrics of the hit song went like this. But Ilayaraja, the doyen of music from south India, does not want Balasubrahmanyan, popularly referred to as SPB, to jhoom [...]
The notion that online platforms should not be held responsible for the infringing acts of their users is something entrenched in law in many regions, including the United States and Europe. In Australia, however, a perceived drafting error in the implementation of the Australia – US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) means that safe harbor [...]
