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Copyrights
 Copyright provides exclusive right(s) to the author(s) for their literary and artistic works. The main objective of such protection is to encourage and reward creative work. Copyright protects the form of ideas and NOT the idea itself. The protection in copyright shall subsist through out the lifetime of the author plus 60 years beginning from the next calendar year from the year of his/her demise.
Copyright as provided by the Indian Copyright Act 1957 is also valid in the country abroad as India is a member of international conventions such as Berne Convention etc. on copyright and neighbouring (related) rights.
Copyright protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, cinematographic work and sound recording such as
- Books, poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, Title of the books/Movies, Advertisement slogan, Question, Papers, Panchang, Catalogues, Compilations, News, Letters, Questionnaire, Lectures, Computer Programmes, Databases, Literary work involved in a work which is used or is capable of being used in relation to any goods etc. under Literary work.
- a painting, a sculpture, a drawing (including a diagram, map, chart or plan), an engraving, a photograph, an architectural work of art, Artistic work involved in a work (Logo/Device) which is used or is capable of being used in relation to any goods etc. under Artistic work.
- any graphical notation of the music etc. under Musical work
- Drama, theatre etc. under Dramatic work
- Feature film, Documentary, Video, TV film etc . under Cinematographic work.
Service offered by ITAG -
- Registration of Copyrights
- Drafting Deed of Assignment and Licensing Agreement
- Litigation Support
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PATENTS ON INDIAN BIO-RESOURCES ENLISTED
The Unit for Research and Development of Information Products (URDIP) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has prepared a database of patents granted world-wide to Indian bio-resources, which include food crops, forest trees, marine organisms, microbial resources, livestock, other animals and agro-resources..................more
YASH RAJ FILMS ACCUSED OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Yash Raj Films has been accused of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed by the producers of a Tamil movie “Naan Avan Illai” against Yash Raj Chopra. They claim infringement of their copyright with YRC’s recent film "Ladies v. Ricky Bahl".
“Naan Avan Illai” released in 2007 is a remake of a 1974 movie by the same name and it was a remake of a 1962 Marathi film and play – “To Mee Navhech”................more
ANGELINA JOLIE ACCUSED OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Angelina Jolie has been accused of copyright infringement by a Croatian journalist James Braddock. Braddock has filed a lawsuit against Jolie, Film District and the producers of Jolie's upcoming directorial debut, “In the Land of Blood And Honey”, claiming copyright infringement of his book entitled, “The Soul Shattering”. The actress however claims to have written the story for “In The Land of Blood and Honey”.............more
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