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Chandril Chattopadhyay

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The author is a Consultant with BW Legal World and BW Businessworld

Latest Articles By Chandril Chattopadhyay

Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary Of UNCITRAL Speaks At APCAM International ADR Summit

Anna mentioned how 2 out of 6 of the Working Groups had relation to disputes resolution

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The Press And Its Losing Significance: World Press Freedom Day Report

Over the years, the freedom of the press and the journalistic environment has seen a gradual decline in most of the countries and India has seen a low of being the 161st among 180 countries globally

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Court Rejects Espionage Charged Journalist's Appeal For Detention in Russia

Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal who has been held captive in Russia on charges of espionage has been denied bail at the Moscow City Court.

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The Borders And The Borderlessness- A Socio-Legal Reading Of Mrs. Chatterjee Vs. Norway

The legal angle thus is an important consideration for such movies and directors must focus more on fact checking before taking the unharnessed flight of fictional license.

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EUIPO's Board of Appeals Grants Trademark To Banksy's Monkey

The EUIPO’s Board of Appeals in this case found that the company Full Colour Black could not prove how the trademark filing was in “ bad faith” by the EUTM proprietor, that is Pest Control and therefore allowed Banksy to continue to remain anonymous, while his monkey was granted the trademark.

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Music Licensing in India- Compliances, Gaps And The Way Forward

What is required is a robust legal framework that mandates a minimum payout of royalties and protects the interests of the creator, as opposed to only protecting “right holders”

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History of Antiquarian Laws in India- Necessity To Revamp Cultural Property Legislation?

Article 49 and Article 51 A(f) of the Indian Constitution places a lot of importance on the protection of our material heritage and in the process make it obligatory for the States to protect the cultural properties that have rendered the historical identity of India.

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Intellectual Property And Graffiti Art- What Needs To Be Done

It is important is to have an international framework adhering to which the Indian Copyright Act can undergo an amendment to address the copyright infringement issues pertaining to the “ anti-art” in graffiti.

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Creative Team Of Kantara Gets Accused Of Copyright Infringement By Thaikkudam Bridge

The recent row stems from the similar melody and guitar chord progressions between Thaikkudam’s song titled Navarasam and the song Varaha Roopam Daiva Va Rishtam sung by Sai Vignesh under the label of Hombale Films founded by Vijay Kiragandur.

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Fox Mandal Managing Partner Som Mandal Challenges Action Of Trademark Registry Over Name Dispute

it is alleged that the trademark registry did not follow the procedure and transferred the ownership by fraudulent means to Debanjan Mandal and the two other partners, depriving the rights of the late Mr. Dinabandhu Mandal.

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