Movie: Witness for the Prosecution Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton Directed by: Billy Wilder Year of Release: 1957 There is certain penchant for old classic movies, they are enigmatic and yet so simple. The film adaption of the Agatha Christe who-dunnit novel really holds this close. The stellar performance of Charles Laughton…
“If you want to change the system, be a part of it.” Movie: Shahid Starring: Raj Kumar Yadav, Baljinder Kaur, Prabhleen Sandhu, Md. Zeeshan Ayyub, K K Menon and Vipin More Directed by: Hansal Mehta Year of Release: 2012 Shahid is the story of a young man’s long stint with the law. First as a…
Writers: Harper Lee (based on her novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”), Horton Foote (screenplay) Director: Robert Mulligan, Star Caste: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book written by Harper Lee, and published in the year 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird, is one of the best legal movies in Cinema…
The Verdict is not a typical over the rung court room thriller. The movie deals with moral code of a lawyer, more than it deals with the law. Movie: The Verdict Starring: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason Directed by: Sidney Lumet Year of Release: 1982 The opening sequence shows Frank Galvil (Paul…
We chose this movie in light of the recent Charles Hebdo shootings that took place and resulted in the death of twelve innocent people, who were doing nothing but exercising their right to freedom of expression. We have a right to expression and everyone has the right “not to read them” if it offends them. This…
Strix Limited Vs. Maharaja Appliances Limited I.A. No. 7441 of 2008 in C.S. (OS) No. 1206 of 2008 Decided On: 10.09.2009 Facts: Plaintiff had a product patent in respect of ‘Liquid Heating Vessels’. Plaintiff claimed that Strix U10 Series Controls were sold by it first in 1996. Claims in the Patent: The principal claim of…
…Well, they say books are your best friend; they indeed are. However, sometimes it’s not a bad idea to leave them on your shelf and go beyond those black and white letters. This new year, we present you, ‘aaLAWchak‘. An Aalochak is a critic. In this section, we will talk about, criticize and review films…
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. Vs. Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.; 2009(40) PTC 437 (Cal) Plaintiff, the manufacturers of Horlicks had a tagline “”Taller, stronger, sharper” for it’s health food drink powder . Defendant was using the line “sabse tallest, strongest, brightest” as a prominent feature of a commercial for a similar product called Pediasure….
Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. v. Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. 2012 (50) PTC 225 (SC) ISSUE: Whether on a complaint made to the Copyright Board under Section 31 of the Copyright Act, 1957, the said Board under Clause (b) of Sub-section (1) can pass an interim order in the pending complaint. In other words, whether the…
Vicco Laboratories, Bombay v. Hindustan Rimmer, Delhi AIR 1979 Delhi 114 Plaintiff was manufacturing and marketing since 1965 vanishing cream containing turmeric and sandal wood under the name of Vicco Turmeric Vanishing Cream. Plaintiff had been marketing the said cream in tubes in cartons. The carton and tubes had a distinctive get up and colour…
Atlas Cycle Industries Ltd. v. Hind Cycles Limited (1973) ILR 1 Delhi 393 Appellant was a company incorporated in 1950. In 1938, a firm called Messrs Janki Dass & Co., began to import bicycles into India under the Trade Mark “EASTERN STAR”. In or about 1943, the said firm obtained trade mark registration in Class…
Rai Toys Industries and Ors. v. Munir Printing Press, Delhi 1982 PTC 85 Plaintiff filed a suit for infringement of Copyright in it’s Tambola tickets which were copied by the Defendant. The Plaintiff was also the registered owner of the Copyright. The Learned Single Judge granted a decree of permanent injunction in favour of the…