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Oct 21, 2019 · Yash Raj Films (the ‘plaintiff’) sued Sri Sai Ganesh Productions, the director and the distributor of the Telegu film (collectively referred as the ‘defendants’) which led to the decision of the Delhi High Court analysed hereunder.
Jul 8, 2019 · The plaintiff is a company engaged inter alia in production, direction and marketing etc. of films and over the years has attained an unparalleled reputation both in India as well as across the world.
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The word copyright means “right to work” where the creator or the authorised person has the right to produce the work. It is a legal right possessed by the owner under Intellectual Property. Where with the help of mental or intellectual ability, a person creates a unique product, that is considered as original. Those unique products include music, ...
Facts ‘Mamankan’ is a festival which is held once every 12 years on the bank of the Bharathpuzha river in Kerala. The appellant Sanjeev Pillai who was a scriptwriter as well as a director said that he has researched the history of Mamankan and has written a script for the film. For this project, he met Venu Kunnapalli who was the first respondent, who was supposed to work as a producer to make a film based on that script. After that, he signed an MoU with Kavya film Company which was linked w...
Facts Tips Industries Ltd (plaintiff) is an Indian music label that operates copyright over a significant music repository which in 2016, was granted a license to access the repository by Wynk. During the expiry of the said licence, they decided to re-enter the licensing conditions but failed to do so. After this Wynk took the safe side by citing Section 31D of the Copyright Act. Tips challenged Wynk citing Section 31D, and prosecuted Wynk in accordance with Section 14(1)(e)for breach of thei...
Facts The Hall of Nations Building was designed by Mr.Raj Rewal and Mr. Mahendra Raj . The said building was treated as an icon of modernist Indian architecture which was built in the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. In 2016, the IPTO proposed to demolish the Hall of Nations Building for building an “Integrated Exhibition cum Convention Centre”. After several attempts by the plaintiff to protect such buildings from demolition, he cannot stop it from demolition. After the demolition of the buildin...
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Oct 15, 2021 · Facts of the Case. Yash Raj Films Pvt Ltd (YRF) is a reputed production house nationally and internationally. It produced a Bollywood film named 'Band Baja Baarat'. It was released on 10th Dec 2010 in India. The copyright of this film was with YRF. The defendant, Sri Sai Productions were making a remake of this film.
Jul 29, 2019 · Sri Sai Ganesh Productions – have disagreed with the Bombay and Madras High Courts on the “physical copy” doctrine as applicable to copyright in cinematograph films.
Sep 6, 2023 · Sri Sai Ganesh Production (referred to here as the Defendant) is a Telegu Production House that has produced a movie named “Jabardasth” which is the replica of the Indian Bollywood movie “Band Baja Baarat”.
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Dec 29, 2021 · Sri Sai Ganesh Productions include the remake rights in Producers’ existing rights (broadening the scope of the right to make copies) and other cases such as Mr.Thiagarajan Kumararaja vs M/S Capital Film Works hold it otherwise. Per me, more than logical or legal, the justification behind producer’s remake rights seems assumptive.
