Achieving Interoperability Through Reverse-Engineering: A Defense To Copyright Infringement?

Introduction The rapid evolution of technology has raised difficult questions about the extent of protection that should be awarded to the computer software and programmes so as to ensure further development as well as adequate safeguard to the person. Although computer programmes are very different from others, yet they are been categorized as literary works under the Copyright Act, 1957.[i] The Foreign Courts have slowly … Continue reading Achieving Interoperability Through Reverse-Engineering: A Defense To Copyright Infringement?

Copyright Protection of Digital Gaming in India: An analysis of Mattel v. Jayanth Agarwalla case

Introduction The Indian gaming market has picked up great pace in the past decade. From a 4 billion Indian Rupee gaming industry in 2007, to a 62 billion Indian Rupees industry in 2019, gaming in India has certainly caught the eye of consumers and proves to be a valuable market today.1 Mobile gaming in India has been particularly on a steady rise, mostly arising out … Continue reading Copyright Protection of Digital Gaming in India: An analysis of Mattel v. Jayanth Agarwalla case

Copyright Protection: In the arena of Internet Gaming in India

Online Gaming is a growing industry in India and it is getting sturdier day by day as the technology is evolving rapidly throughout these years. As per the Forbes, the gaming industry in India is briskly growing and considered to be in top 5, with the worth over $890 million.[i] The considerate expansion of the gaming industry led us to analyse the role of legal … Continue reading Copyright Protection: In the arena of Internet Gaming in India

Legal Contours of Cryptocurrency in India

INTRODUCTION We have made huge advancements from barter system of exchange to paper currency and from paper currency to plastic money. But in today’s world of ever growing complexities of economies and increasing instabilities in markets, virtual currency is the new reality. In less than a decade after its introduction cryptocurrency has attracted the attention of businesses, consumers, central banks and governments. Cryptocurrency aims at … Continue reading Legal Contours of Cryptocurrency in India