IPAB Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957, which was added by the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, empowers the Appellate Board to fix royalty rates for performances or radio or television broadcasts of literary and musical work and sound recordings. IPAB has passed an interim order maintaining status quo of the royalty rate for radio broadcasts under statutory licensing @ 2% royalty rate on net ad revenues October 5, 2020 Indian IPR
IPAB IPAB decision to remand to the case to the Trade Marks Registry here evidently was a failure of the Registry to issue notice to the Appellants before deleting their names from a trade mark registration. This is, to all rights, a post-registration question. August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 Indian IPR
IPAB It is evident from the record and facts stated, prima facie, it appears that the applicant is the prior user and prior adopter. The logo F.K. appears to have been adopted by the applicant from their corporate name.The user of the applicant is since 1969. There is a sufficient material available on record. On the face of admission of the respondent No.1, the applicant is the prior user. August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 Indian IPR
