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What’s cooking between Dhanush and Nayanthara? Copyright Infringement

November 18, 2024
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The legal battle between Nayanthara and Dhanush centers around a dispute over the use of behind-the-scenes footage in a Netflix documentary about Nayanthara’s career. The controversy began when Nayanthara's team included a clip from the making of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, a film produced by Dhanush. Dhanush sent a legal notice demanding the removal of the footage, arguing that as the producer of the film, he held exclusive rights to all materials related to it. He claimed that the footage was used without proper authorization, and if the clip wasn’t removed, he would seek damages. Nayanthara, in response, expressed her disappointment over the situation. She explained that she had made efforts to obtain the necessary permissions, including trying to secure a...

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How registering in Amazon Brand Registry keeps counterfeits at bay

March 7, 2018
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| Categories: Branding, Copyright, Domain Name Disputes, ecommerce, Intellectual Property, Trademark

Amazon Brand Registry has been there for quite some time but in several other forms.  This has undergone a drastic revamping in the later part of 2017. In the era of internet, brand names are more prone to hijacks and deliberate confusion created by counterfeiters than it is in the offline marketplace. Almost every e-commerce company has its intellectual property protection policy in place to offer protection to its vendors and affiliates, but often face great challenges when it comes to cases of parallel importation and infringement. Amazon is not an exception to it, and sellers who sell their products on Amazon also encounter a plethora of issues that pose significant challenges in sales and marketing. Issues are plenty, ranging...

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Pepsico gets relief in AQUAFINA trademark case

June 13, 2014
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We live in an era when water is slowly becoming a commodity. Those days are not too far when water will no longer be freely and easily accessible or available. There are numerous brands under which bottled water is being sold in the marketplace, and for the most part, most of them adapt similar colour combination and texts on their labels and the labels printed on them bear similarities. Among thousands of small companies, sizable players are Coca Cola and Pespisco, and AQUAFINA is the registered trademark of PEPSICO. Small time proprietors are increasingly become ignorant of business ethics, laws and statutory compliance, and are willing to take significantly high risks for petty profits. AQUAFINA Vs AQUA FIES Permanent Injunction and Rs. 5 Lakh damages...

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Funding to protect your intellectual property

April 19, 2014
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| Categories: Copyright, Intellectual Property, Patents, Piracy, Trademark

Business entities, regardless of its size, commonly complain about their expenses and spends on intellectual property (IP) protection. As a result, they are reluctant to take appropriate actions against infringers which puts them at considerable risk in losing revenue. However, this is attributed to the lack of awareness of benefits from protecting IP and also likely due to absence of an aggressive marketing and business growth strategy.  Companies in the market for a while have had already realized (and possibly harvested) the benefits and some of them have an in-house IP Department.  This is only limited to MNCs and other major players.  These companies allocate funds for IP protection, research and development in the field of intellectual property and some...

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How to file copyright online in India?

March 2, 2014
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Steps to file your copyright application online However, the e-filing is not 100% online and the process is a mix of 80% online and 20% offline.  Here are the steps to accomplish registration: Enter your valid User ID and Password to login. Click onto NewUser Registration, if you have not yet registered. Note down User ID and Password for future use. After login, click on to link “Click for online Copyright Registration”. The online “Copyright Registration Form” is to be filled up in four steps Complete the Form XIV, then press SAVE button to Save entered details, and press Step 2 to move to Next Step. Fillup the Statement of Particulars, and then press SAVE button to Save entered details, and press Step 3/4...

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Indian Copyright Office goes online again!

March 2, 2014
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Filing Copyright Online E-filing or online filing system at Indian Copyright Office was introduced back in 2009 and continued to function until the late 2011 or early 2012 when it came to a halt.  At least for the whole year of 2013 it was almost nonfunctional. During that period, the Indian Copyright Office had been accepting applications only in paper form, up until a few days when it went online again. Copyright e-Filing System goes user friendly Unlike the e-Filing system deployed by patent and trademark registry, it does not require any form of special encryption such as a digital signature certificate to use the e-filing system.  All one needs is a bona-fide intent to apply for copyright (pun intended),...

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