Diamond Comic Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Raja Pocket Books and Ors.
Diamond Comic Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Raja Pocket Books and Ors. MANU/DE/1261/2005 Brief Facts: Court’s Observations:
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Neetu Singh & Anr. v. Telegram FZ LLC & Ors.
Neetu Singh & Anr. v. Telegram FZ LLC & Ors. 2022 SCC Online Del 2637 Brief Facts: Plaintiffs filed the suit seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of copyright, damages and other reliefs in respect of unauthorised dissemination of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted materials. Defendant No. 1 is operator of is a messaging platform which enables transmission of…
Neha Bhasin v. Anand Raj Anand & Anr.
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‘Authorship’ and ‘Ownership’ of Copyright in a Photograph in India
As photographers, we often tend to think that we are the owner of the photograph and we can post them anywhere. Sometimes, we do not even bother to ask the person for whom we clicked these photographs, or the persons who may be there in the frame. This is where we invite troubles and land…
Difference between assigning and licensing a photograph
When you assign your rights in a photograph for a valuable consideration (fee), that is a complete transfer where you do not retain any rights. On the other hand, when you license somebody to use your photograph, that is merely a permission to use your photograph in certain ways, for a certain period, within certain…
Tech Plus Media Private Limited v. Jyoti Janda
Tech Plus Media Private Limited v. Jyoti Janda 2014 (60) PTC 121 (Del) Brief Facts: Plaintiff was a leading industry publication house in the sphere of Information Technology having a print media publication called ‘IT Price Va’r and online news portal called ‘ITVARNEWS.NET’ dedicated to Information Technology channels and professionals. Defendants were ex-employees of the…
Copyright in a Photograph: Protection and Infringement
How do I protect my copyright in a photograph? Owning a camera does not mean that you will have copyrights in the photographs produced by it. The ownership of a photograph can be with other individuals as well, if the photograph is taken in the course of employment, under a contract of service, apprenticeship, for…
MRF Limited v. Metro Tyres Limited
MRF Limited v. Metro Tyres Limited 2019 (79) PTC 368 (Del) Delhi High Court Brief Facts: Plaintiff produced an audio-visual advertisement titled as “MRF NV Series present REVZ”. As per the Plaintiff, the Defendant, who was involved in the same business of manufacturing and marketing of tyres, had produced similar advertisement titled “Bazooka Radial Tyres”….
Raj Rewal v. Union of India & Ors.
Raj Rewal v. Union of India & Ors. CS (Comm) No. 3 of 2018 before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi at New Delhi Date of Decision: 28th May, 2019 Facts of the case: Raj Rewal, the Plaintiff, being an internationally acclaimed architect, designed Hall of Nations and Hall of Industries which was constructed in…
Delhi Public School Society v. DPS World Foundation and Anr.
Delhi Public School Society v. DPS World Foundation and Anr. Delhi High Court 18.04.2016 Brief Facts: Plaintiff society was registered in the year 1948-49 as Delhi Public School. In 1948, Plaintiff first adopted the distinctive crest which is reproduced herein below: The said crest was registered under different classes under the Trade Marks Rules, 2002…
Mr. Diljeet Titus, Advocate v. Mr. Alfred A. Adebare and Ors AND Ms. Seema Ahluwalia Jhingan and Ors. v. Titus and Co. and Ors.
Mr. Diljeet Titus, Advocate v. Mr. Alfred A. Adebare and Ors AND Ms. Seema Ahluwalia Jhingan and Ors. v. Titus and Co. and Ors. 2006 (32) PTC 609 (Del) Brief Facts: The present suit deals with bitterness arising amongst legal personnel. Diljeet Titus, the Plaintiff and Alfred A. Adebare, one of the opposing parties to…
Aananda Expanded v. Unknown
Aananda Expanded v. Unknown 2002 (24) PTC 427 (Reg.) Brief Facts: Four applications for the registration of copyright were submitted to the copyright office under Section 45(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957 under the category of artistic works by M/s ABP Ltd. The works submitted for registration were a series of fonts comprising alphabets in…