Now this seems to be a copyright infringement suit, and Chetan Bhagat's new novel seems to be in trouble. A Bengaluru Civil Court on April 19 granted a temporary injunction holding back author Chetan Bhagat from selling his book, 'One Indian Girl' following a city-based writer's suit claiming that the work was a copy [...]
Recently we have much heard about the Cello and Modware design infringment, as per the decision Justice Patel provided relief to cello and told that it had crossed the design copyright and infringement suit and was successfull in establishing prima facie. As stated by Prashant; “If the design of the bottle is acting as [...]
Over the last month or so, the IP community has been abuzz with news and events that have culminated in interesting debates and discussions on the blog itself. Somewhere amidst all of the hustle, a simple two-page order of the Delhi High Court snagged national headlines for a few days last month. Let me [...]
A Bangalore civil court has issued an O.39 R.1 ex parte interim injunction against Chetan Bhagat and his publishers restraining them from selling copies of his recent book One Indian Girl. According to the report, Anvita Bajpai, sued Chetan Bhagat alleging the book is plagiarized from her story Drawing Parallels. Copyright rule served as a [...]
It was a simple ballad inspired by taking a picture of his beloved. But Ed Sheeran may be regretting ever picking up that camera, after settling a $20m (£16m) plagiarism lawsuit for the song Photograph. The singer was accused of copying “note-for-note” from a song called Amazing, released by the X Factor winner Matt [...]
When gossip site posted a photo of pregnant looking Beyonce, it probably didn’t anticipate much fallout. A major copyright decision that could imperil the sites business model and undermine legal defense used by other websites that depend on use content. The decision handed over ny the federal appeal court in California, came as a [...]
