Copyrights
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the law to the authors of “original works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, architectural and certain other creative works. Copyright protects works from being copied without permission and the Copyright owner possesses certain exclusive rights to perform certain acts in respect of the work. It extends to other activities such as making an adaptation of the work in question, performing or showing the work in public, broadcasting the work and dealing with infringing copies of the work. Copyright protection is available to both published and unpublished works and arises automatically on the work being created. Registration confers statutory rights and is prima-facie title of ownership and forms a public record of the copyright claim. In a suit for copyright infringement, the copyright registration holder can even claim statutory damages and attorney’s fees. Works authored by employees, working within the scope of their employment, are generally considered “works-made-for-hire”, in which case the employer, rather than the employee, is treated as the author and owner of the copyright in the work.
Copyright issues on the internet
The digital environment has dissolved geographical boundaries and put copyright right protection under tremendous strain. The Internet is one of the largest threats to copyright. The internet abounds with information and almost everything on the internet is subject to copyright law including music, graphics, pictures, contents of websites, unique designs of web pages, audio, video, html, etc. The issues of infringement are also becoming more complex, more so after the development of social media websites. We offer the following services in the field of copyright protection
Copyright Registration
KLA’s attorneys have been assisting clients in securing their copyright in their valuable creative works in which they have invested time, labour and money. The works include literary, musical, dramatic, art, film or any other digital work.
Copyrights Investigations
Whether it is books, music, movies or software- KLA’s Investigators have immense market knowledge about piracy rampant in these fields and their team of associates can assist in detect such instances of piracy immediately.
Piracy Civil Suit
KLA can assist clients in obtaining interlocutory injunction orders that can stop the activities of infringers and combat piracy. It is especially very effective in stopping pirated and spurious goods from entering the market.
Piracy Criminal Cases
KLA also assists in filing Criminal Cases against habitual offenders of Intellectual Property rights. This has resulted in several offenders being persecuted or resulting in heavy penalty for them.
Copyright Legal Opinions
KLA’s Attorneys are engaged by Entertainment, Music and Media companies from time to time for legal opinions on the fair use of ReMix songs, Ringtones, Website Uploads and Downloads of music, etc.
KLA Attorneys are also proficient in drafting Employment Contracts that are robust and safe from IPR perspectives under the Indian Laws.