By Pragya Chaturvedi, Research Fellow, CIIPC Views are Personal. The author would like to thank Mr. Yogesh Pai, Co-Director, CIIPC, for his valuable inputs and feedback. In India, music and religious ceremonies blend together like sugar in our beloved cup …
Category: copyright
Presentation on Copyright as a Provocateur
Dr. Arul George Scaria, co-director, CIIPC, delivered a talk on 'Copyright as a Provocateur' on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, at an event jointly organised by the German Book Office, IRRO, and the German Embassy in India. The presentation …

Bilateral ties, agreements and opportunities amongst ASEAN
Mr. Yogesh Pai, co-director, CIIPC, delivered a lecture titled “Bilateral ties, agreements and opportunities amongst ASEAN” as a resource person for a five day workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights & Technology Transfer” under ASEAN-India Innovation Programme (AIIP) for ASEAN Member …
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Case Comment: Sanjay Kumar Gupta & Another v Sony Pictures
By Apoorv Chaudhary In Sanjay Gupta v Sony Pictures, the Delhi High Court has held that a concept note is not protected under the Copyright Act, 1957 as it represents a mere idea rather than expression of such idea. This case …
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Case Comment: Navigators Logistics Ltd v Kashif Qureshi & Ors
By Pragya Chaturvedi In Navigators Logistics v Kashif Qureshi, the Delhi High Court held that no copyright can subsist in a compilation in the absence of authorship of a natural person and application of skill and judgment by such person in …
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Panel Discussion at UPenn and IDIA conference at Indian Law Institute
University of Pennsylvania Law School and IDIA organised a conference titled ‘A 3-D Perspective on Indian Intellectual Property: Distinct, Diverse and Democratic?’at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi on 5th March 2019. Dr. Arul George Scaria, Co-director, CIIPC, was part …
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Panel Discussion on Alternatives to Copyright- Open Access, Creative Commons, Open Sources (Brainstorming Session on the Future of Copyright, IUCIPRS, Cochin University of Science and Technology, February 27, 2019)
Mr. Yogesh Pai, Co-Director, CIIPC, was part of a panel discussion titled ‘Alternatives to Copyright- Open Access, Creative Commons, Open Sources’ at the Brainstorming Session on the Future of Copyright, organised by the Inter-University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (IUCIPRS), …