Introduction What is a ship without its captain? Perhaps a ship anchored at a port. A film director is that captain to a film. Though films are made with a collective effort of the writer, screen player, producer, actor, etc., it takes no proper form… Read More »How Do We Protect Film Director Rights in India?
A Pivotal 2020 US Case Law Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc happens to be a landmark decision which deals with the intersection of technology (software, to be more precise) and Intellectual Property Rights. In this case, Oracle had earlier sued Google for copying some… Read More »Can APIs be Protected Under Copyright Law?
Copyright persists in musical, literary, artistic, dramatic, cinematographic and sound recording works. However, as per Copyright law conventions, a song is not looked upon as a single piece of work but as a bundle of copyrights. To elaborate, a song is divided into various parts… Read More »Sound Recording Rights and Copyright Societies
Copyright is one of the oldest forms of IP protection, dating back to a statute in 1770s England. It took another century for uncoordinated author rights to be better codified by the 1886 Berne Convention. Today, about 140 nations around the world follow the provisions… Read More »What Does Mandatory Registration Mean for Your Copyright?
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