[This article is authored by Tanmay Malik, a 4th year student at NALSAR University, Hyderabad. It analyses if the restrictions on paid news over search engines is violative of the fair use doctrine under the copyright law.] News is a free information of the events around us. With the rise in enmeshing and expanse…
Category: Intellectual Property
Chronicles of AI: Blurred Lines of Legality and Artists’ Right To Sue in Prospect of AI Copyright Infringement
[This article is authored by Jatin Yadav, a 2nd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University. It discusses the prospect of artists’ legal standing to sue AIs that are trained on their productions for copyright infringement in respect of substantial similarity test and fair use doctrine. This is the second article in…
Dali v. Dall-E: The Emerging Trend of AI-generated Art
[This article is authored by Tejaswini Kaushal, a 2nd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. It elucidates the international and national status quo of AI-generated art and reflect on the ethical and legal standards. This is part of a series titled ‘AI Art,’ the second article of…
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.: The Dissent That Matters (Part 2)
[This post has ben authored by Ajeeth Srinivas, a 4th year student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] The first Part of this Article analysed the judgement in the case of Google v Oracle, in suppoet of the minority opinion. The first part analysed the implications of the judgement on the idea-expression dichotomy and…
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.: The Dissent That Matters (Part 1)
[This post has been authored by Ajeeth Srinivas, a 4th year student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] “If the majority is going to speculate about what Oracle might do, it should at least consider what Google has done.” Background On 5th April 2021, the Supreme Court of the United State of America passed a…
Data Rights in Sports: The case of Event Data
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Dhananjay Dhonchak, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] The commercialisation of sport coupled with advancements in technology have made it possible to collect and analyse vast reams of data generated in sporting activities….
Blockchain: Catalyzing Revolution in the Copyright Law
[This post has been authored by Ujjawal Bhargava, a fourth-year student at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.] Copyright is a right provided to the creators of literary, artistic, dramatic and musical works as well as to the producers of sound recordings and cinematographic films. The rights of the creators include inter alia, right…
Protection of Graphical User Interfaces in India: Copyright or Design?
[This post has been authored by Adhyasha Samal of the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] Graphical User Interfaces (“GUIs”) refer to the visual elements of a user interface that facilitate interaction between the user and the system. GUIs are rapidly evolving and are applied in personal computers as well as phones, tablets, e-watches and other…
Artificial Intelligence as an Inventor: Introducing a New Patent Paradigm in India
[This post has been authored by Lavanya Jha (West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata) & Shreya Jha (Amity Law School, Delhi).] The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was coined by American computer scientist John McCarthy during the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence in 1956. It was understood as a system of solving complex problems through…
Blockchain in the paradigm of GDPR (Part II)
[This is the second part of a two-part article by Muskan Agarwal (National Law Institute University, Bhopal) and Arpita Pandey (National Law Institute University, Bhopal). Part 1 can be found here.] Previously, the authors looked at the contradictions between blockchain and GDPR with regard to the principal obligations enlisted in GDPR. In this post, the…