Telecom — India Copyright Cases
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Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad v.Rajneesh Kapur
The plaintiff filed a suit alleging plagiarism and violation of his copyright after publishing an original article on computer software. The defendants argued that since the cause of action accrued in November 1992, the subsequent legal proceedings were barred by limitation under the Limitation Act, 1963.
M/s Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd. v.M/s Sun Tv Network Limited
The appeal concerned whether a civil court had jurisdiction to handle disputes related to copyright infringement and piracy of television signals, given the provisions of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants illegally pirated and distributed their channel signals outside the scope of settlement agreements. The High Court ultimately dismissed the appeals.
Compendiously And Concisely v.For A Decree Of Permanent And ...
The plaintiffs filed a civil suit and an application for interim injunction, alleging that the defendants were illegally tapping/receiving/recording signals of various TV channels (Sun TV, K TV, etc.) and infringing their Broadcast Reproduction Rights and Copyright. The first defendant challenged the jurisdiction of the Civil Court based on the TRAI Act, but the court dismissed these applications.
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