Author: Sannidhi Chakrala, CNLU The birth of any invention takes place from an idea which is the mental conception of an individual (inventor). At its nascent stage, an idea exists only in the mind. To materialize this idea, the inventor must undertake several steps before experiencing a successful landing in the market. It is not mandatory for an inventor to hire a patent attorney for a filing a patent application. However, it would be highly advisable for the...Continue Reading
Author: Sannidhi Chakrala, Chanakya National Law University Patent- meaning: Patent, in the context of Intellectual property law, is the exclusive or the sole right of an individual (inventor/patentee) to exclude others from manufacturing, using, selling or importing his/her invention without his/her permission. Once the said invention has been granted a patent, it imposes a legal duty upon others to refrain from engaging in the manufacture/sale/use of the invention in the absence of the permission of the patentee who....Continue Reading
Author: Apoorv Pragya Joint authorship has been defined under Section 2 (z) of the Copyright Act, 1957. It states: “work of joint authorship” means a work produced by the collaboration of two or more authors in which the contribution of one author is not distinct from the contribution of the other author or authors;” As is clear from this definition, joint authorship, requires there to be a collaboration between two or more people wherein the contribution made...Continue Reading
What are the Bollywood Amendments? The “Bollywood Amendments” refer to those amendments that were enacted to modify the Copyright Act, 1957. These Amendments can be noted vide the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 and the enactment of Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. The Bollywood Amendments were enacted primarily to strengthen the position of music composers and lyricists who were normally given enough recognition for the work that they would put in to creating music. Their position in the Bollywood industry...Continue Reading
Author: Natesh Kumar ABSTRACT This article would explore the stance of copyright laws in cases of orphan and anonymous works i.e. cases wherein the owner is anonymous or cannot be contacted. The issues associated with orphan works are also addressed to which the corresponding solutions and recommendations are discussed. The latter part of the paper would analyse the manner of protecting anonymous or pseudonymous works. ORPHAN WORKS “Orphan works” are works that are sheltered by copyright, but...Continue Reading
