Legal questions on Intellectual Property

Request for Inputs on Counterfeit Books for a Journalistic Article

Hi Ma'am I hope this email finds you well. My name is Sakshi Srivastava, and I am a Delhi-based freelance journalist currently working on an article on counterfeit books in the market (Delhi), with a focus on their implications for authors, readers, and the publishing industry. Given your expertise and experience as an advocate I would greatly appreciate your insights on this issue. Your ...

Facebook monetisation issue

I am a content creator on Facebook and I was able to earn approx 500 USD per month by the views I generate on the very first month of my content creation journey. But suddenly one day just before a week of getting my first payment facebook demonetised my account for no reason. I couldn’t see any reason for that and also couldn’t appeal for a review either. I tried several times to reach them th...

My company has been sent a email from dassault systems for the use of pirated version of their software.

The company i have been working for the past 2 months has been sent a e-mail from dassault systems(the proprietor of solid works) accusing the company of using pirated copies of solidworks, i am not aware if the company was indeed using a pirated copy, i worked with the software i was provided with on the office computer, my personal computer did contain a solid works version which seems to me ...

Individual property right / ownership impacted due to procedding against the developer.

We are the 66 individual flat purchaser/legal owners out of 142 flats of a residential society in Surat (Gujarat), whereby, sale of these flats occured between 2018 to 2022 at different dates. Recently, in Jan 2024, we came to know that builder had not repay the the loan, they borrowed from a NBFC. And the Lender and Builder are facing judicial procceddings in this matter. We came to know...

Resignation from a public sector bank

Sir, I work in Indian Bank as a clerk from last 1 year. On July 10 2023 I fell sick and didn't work for 10 days. After that I joined bank worked there for 2 days but than my grandfather fell ill so I came home for his treatment but unfortunately he died on 5 Aug 2023 and my grandmother also fell ill and I got stuck at home for approx 3 months and could not able to join the bank. My HR send me...

Recording rights and copyright

I am an independent musician (singer/composer/guitarist) .One producer approached me for 2 of my songs which were already composed and he wanted to use them for his film. And also sing 2 other songs which were composed by another composer. Initially we had no discussion over rights of the song, and my perception was he just wants to use them in the film . But after the recordings were done ,he ...

Corel

We are a startup digital marketing agency in Vadodara, and invested our lifetime savings to start the firm. I recently got a call from a corel draw from Mumbai that my organization is using unlicensed version of their software. Someone in my company might have unknowingly installed an unlicensed version from an online source in companies computer. This could be for experimental purposes. The un...

Need Guidance for software legal issue.

सर माझे एक छोटेसे कॉम्पुटर इन्स्टिटयूट आहे , मला coreldraw सॉफ्टवेअर कडून एक लीगल पोस्टाने नोटीस आली आहे. सुरुवातीला मला त्यान्च्याकडून कॉल पण येत होते आणि १७ सॉफ्टवेअर विकत घेण्यास सांगत होते. पण मी काही दिवसाने त्यांच्या कॉल ला व मेल ला ब्लॉक केले. त्यामुळे त्यांनी मला पोस्टाने लीगल नोटीस पाठवली आहे. तर मी पुढे काय करायला पाहिजे तुम्ही मला guide करू शकता का? १७ सॉफ्टवेअर घेणे माझ्यासाठी possi...

Trademark

I signed an agreement on stamp paper of Rs. 100 for assignment of a Trademark registered in my name. As per the agreement the assignee was suppose pay Rs. 1 crore in four quarterly installments Rs.25 lac each. After receipt of fourth installment I was suppose to transfer the title in the name of buyer. For non receipt of full payment I refused to transfer Trademarks in the name of buyer. But th...

Perpetual license

We installed perpetual licensed of Solid Works version 2014. We paid subscriptions for updates and assistance for 2015 and 2016. Then we discontinued the subscription. The laptop in which the software was originally installed had failed and the software was installed in another laptop in 2021. Proper approval was obtained from DS. Now we are accused usage of pirated software by lawyer firm o...

Hard disc issue

My brother married to a girl 9 Dec 2020. After some time we realized that The girl and her family members are of criminal nature. The girl works at beauro of Indian standard ( Bis) and my brother is a patent officer. One day when my brother was away the girl copied my brother's laptop data and phone data to her office laptop. She also opened his Gmail account. When my brother got to know ab...

Forceful Communication from a Software Company

I have received a call and an email from Corel Corporation India. Their claim is that my startup using 10 unlicensed versions and if I don't make them licensed then they can visit my premises to verify this. We don't use their software though we deal with the creative industry by using Adobe License. So I have replied very softly to their first email saying  "We do not have 10 PCs in our e...

Refund demand

Hi This is Pratik Gudhenia from mathura. I purchase a redmi note 4 (3+ 32GB) in june of 23 in 2017. After sometime i face a problem of mic it cannot work properly so i visit MI SERVICE CENTER than i submit my phone at service center and i collect my phone after 2 or 3 days that time phone is ohk but after 2 or 3 days again i face the same problem but this time the fault is big so again i too...

Bring my mother from old age home to her house

My elder brother &sister in law has put my mother in old age home without my knowledge last 7 yrs back , i was working in Orissa , That time old home was run by owner& family Management was fine my mother learned telugu at the age of 83yrs i started visiting my mother in old age home regularly , as i was not able to take her,), mother is a diabetic patient ,in one of the visits August 2013 i fo...

Friends problem

Dear Sir / Ma'am , Greetings for the day !!!!!!!!!! I was having a good friend in my college starting days a best friend but he always start fighting with me for small things that if I had weared the things given by him or I was not there with him in college just for 10-20 minutes one day I met a girl she become my good friend so I give some time to her so he started abusing me for her that y...

Required Legal advice

I have developed a school management ERP and E-Learning software which I have copyrighted as “Campus Management Solution ERP Suite with Community Digital Library” vide No. 13146/2012 ( Reg No.SW-6990/2013 of Register of Copy Rights, Govt. Of India.) I have started marketing this product from 2010 and had got about 6 customers . On my health ground, I was in search of Marketing partner, during ...

Copyright License Agreement Format - Suggestions Required

Dear experts, I am Android Application Developer. I developed an app which include "Ashottara- 108 names of Deity". Among several ashtottara, one ashtottara respective to lord nandi was written by Somesh(Name changed) who is still alive. His Work(Ashtottara of Nandi) is yet not Copyright registered. I want to take his permission orally, to publish said ashottara in my Android App...

Youtube Video false copyright Take Down claims By MNC

This is to inform you that I have created a YT channel two months ago. The Name of my channel is "FreeToUse Public Domain" And I always upload Public Domain Full Movies All Movies Release dates befour 1956 according indian law Indian Copyright Law copyright in cinematograph films Section 26 Indian Copyright Act, 1957, provides very specific terms of duration for which copyright exis...

Uptu not giving btech degree

Hi, I am a student from UPTU and writing this to know the process of legal proceedings against Director and University. I have got back in 2nd year which I cleared later but the total minimum marks needed in an individual semester which is 1000/2000 (50%) of total was not achieved.I was short of 55 (got 945/2000) which is why my degree was not awarded and this was notified to me after i c...

Putting Posters in My boutique designer Shop

Dear Sir, Elegant 19 is a partnership firm and the nature of business is Ladies Fashion Designing/ tailoring. This falls under service industry. We have used few female actresses to represent the common girls dreams, though we are not designing or copying their design nor do we promise them that they will look like celebrities. Our tagline explains it all "....Be the model of your Dream" ...