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Hot News Doctrine in Copyrights
“Hot News” is a recent phenomenon in copyrights. The concept refers to written material or live televised events, often “facts”, that have value for a short duration and will soon lose its importance and value as soon as it comes in the “public realm”. Given the short timeframes, questions of determination of value and underlying … Continue reading Hot News Doctrine in Copyrights
Read more »First Owner of Copyright
Copyright is a sui generis right, a right which is unique and exists immediately upon its creation. The first owner plays a significant role and is accountable for both registration and enforcement as the owner of the copyright has the exclusive right to assign, prevent usage and monetize from his original works. OWNER OF THE WORK The … Continue reading First Owner of Copyright
Read more »Getting your Copyright Registration in Qatar
Qatar is a country in Western Asia. With economy soaring high, Qatar has the fourth highest GDP (PPP) per capita in the world and sixth highest GNI per capita as per the reports in 2020. Not only with this, Qatar has been classified as a country of very high human development with third highest HDI … Continue reading Getting your Copyright Registration in Qatar
Read more »Amendments of Vietnam’s Draft Intellectual Property Law
Vietnam passed its first Intellectual Property Law in its National Assembly in the year 2005. Since then, the law has been amended twice, in 2009 and 2019, to respond to the dynamic social and economic environment of the country. Recently, the Vietnamese government issued a draft 3rd Amendment to the IP Law. The amendment is … Continue reading Amendments of Vietnam’s Draft Intellectual Property Law
Read more »Raising Third-party Objections on freshly filed Copyright Applications in India
Copyright refers to the exclusive right provided by law to the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. It is a bundle of rights including, inter alia, rights of reproduction, communication to the public, adaption and translation of the work. Copyright essentially protects the various forms … Continue reading Raising Third-party Objections on freshly filed Copyright Applications in India
Read more »Copyright Protection in Myanmar
Intellectual Property Rights play a crucial role in any country’s economic or commercial arena. The owners or creators are entitled to the exclusive monopoly rights on their brand identity as well as the creations. The business owners and the artists tend not to carry on their functions and innovations in the countries that do not … Continue reading Copyright Protection in Myanmar
Read more »Google vs Oracle: The way forward
In the court’s definition, an API includes both “declaring code” and “implementing code”—terms adopted by the court, although they are not used by developers in Java or other programming languages. The declaring code (what Java developers call the method declaration) declares the name of the method and its inputs and outputs. Implementing code (what Java … Continue reading Google vs Oracle: The way forward
Read more »Aaj Tak vs Newslaundry: Restriction or Criticism
The Indian media has evidently touched its new law after Aaj Tak has claimed against the media watchdog Newslaundry to prevent former’s criticism of news reportage. After this criticism by Newslaundry, allegedly, an impression that the TV Today Network (that owns Aaj Tak and India Today) is involved in broadcasting and publishing fake news and … Continue reading Aaj Tak vs Newslaundry: Restriction or Criticism
Read more »Applicability Of Bad Faith In Copyright Law Placing A Specific Pertinence To The Concept Of “Fair Use”
The concept of Bad Faith refers to the intentional misuse of the terms of a contract, a situation wherein a party refuses to fulfil their part of a legal or contractual obligation, or entering into such a contract in which the disputed party is aware of their inability in the completion of the assigned terms. … Continue reading Applicability Of Bad Faith In Copyright Law Placing A Specific Pertinence To The Concept Of “Fair Use”
Read more »Copyright Infringement: Bollywood V. Hollywood
Bollywood, India’s Hindi-language film business, is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing film industries, both commercially and culturally. Through its fascinating material, it has managed to maintain a foothold on its global audience. However, various complaints have surfaced in the industry, implying that there is a problem with unlicensed copying of Hollywood films. Adaptations … Continue reading Copyright Infringement: Bollywood V. Hollywood
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