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Doctrine of De Minimis Vis-À-Vis Copyright Infringement
In the world of social media where people are hooked onto reels, memes and tend to click pictures, vlog their experiences, and post the same on their respective social media handles such as Instagram and Facebook, they unknowingly tend to infringe copyright of...
Producer is the Owner of Copyright in a Cinematograph Film – Madras High Court Reaffirms
CASE ANALYSIS: ‘S.J Suryah (a.k.a. S. Justin Selvaraj) v. S.S Chakravarty &Anr. (OSA No.138 of 2021) by the Hon’ble High Court of Madras’(OSA No.138 of 2021)’. Recently, videorder passed in aforementioned case, theDivision Bench of the Hon’ble Madras High Court...
ICLG – Telecoms, Media and Internet Laws and Regulations 2022
Overview 1.1 Please describe the: (a) telecoms, including internet; and (b) audio-visual media distribution sectors in your jurisdiction, in particular by reference to each sector’s: (i) annual revenue; and (ii) 3–5 most significant market participants. The...
Unconditional Stay of Arbitral Awards: A Step back for Arbitrations in India
Introduction: Arbitration has emerged as the forerunner as a means of dispute resolution in recent times. The primary attractions for contracting parties to opt for arbitrations include time and cost efficiency, flexibility of procedures and most importantly, the...
Virtual Spaces and the Metaverse:The ‘Next Big Thing’
At the cusp of the new year, we have almost passed these past two years locked away from the real world and have spent a significant time in the digital space. Schools, offices, court hearings, shopping, social ‘hang-outs’, are now all majorlyoperating through the...
Epic Games v. Apple – A Primer
I.INTRODUCTION: The rise of Big Tech has transformed the business landscape and has caused a similar swing in the legislative and regulatory strategies to thwart their unchecked proliferation. Antitrust investigations into the operations and activities of Big Tech...
Infrastructure Sharing in Broadcasting Services
I. BACKGROUND: The broadcasting of television services- channels to the public has undergoneremarkable technological advancementwith such services being directed anddelivered straight to the homes of theend users/ consumers. In India, thesatellite broadcasting TV...
e-RUPI: a path to digital, financial inclusion?
In August(1) , the Prime Minister, launched the e-RUPI. Simply put, e-RUPI is a digital prepaid, purpose and person specific payment utility system, which can be put to use one-time. This e-RUPI system does not rely upon any debit / credit card, internet connectivity,...
Evolution of Esports – A Transactional View
Introduction Owing to the dismal happenings around us caused by a pandemic, the year 2020had horror in store for every sector, across industries and jurisdictions. The world stood still and suddenly, there was no sporting event to attend, no new movie release in a...
Pornography in Digital Age
With no clear definition of pornography under Indian laws, one can only rely on dictionary meanings which would refer to pornography being inclusive of“sexually explicit material that is primarily designed to produce sexual arousal among its consumers.”[1]...
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Sapna Chaurasia
Partner
Sapna Chaurasia is a Partner at TMT Law Practice and leads the Mumbai operations of the Firm. She has an experience of more than 15 years working with law firms and in-house. Her primary area of expertise are Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, Media and Entertainment, employment issues and internal compliances by companies.

Bagmisikha Puhan
Associate Partner
Bagmisikha is a technology lawyer and is licensed to practice in India. She specializes in commercial transactions, telecommunications, privacy, healthcare and corporate law.
She regularly acts for multinational companies carrying out commercial transactions, advising on general corporate affairs, and has extensive experience in implementing data privacy measures at an enterprise level. She has advised and assisted healthcare institutions, industry associations and premier thinktank of the country in regulatory and policy matters.

Anushree Yewale
Principal Associate
Anushree Yewale has over 6 years of work experience in the media and entertainment sector. She has provided end-to-end support to numerous production houses, broadcasting companies, talent management agencies, and independent artists, provided transactional and advisory related services for content creation and content exploitation across various modes, media. and formats, structured, negotiated and implemented complex transactions involving S&P compliance for scripts, development and production of audio-visual content, distribution, and acquisition of audio-visual content, merchandising deals, film licensing and assignment deals and other ancillary transactions, negotiated sponsorship and endorsement contracts including celebrity licensing, cleared advertising for use in online and off-line media, and handled product placement and media productions

Atmaja Tripathy
Senior Associate
Atmaja is pursuing litigation at different courts and tribunals in Delhi, including the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, Telecom Disputes and Settlement Appellate Tribunal, the Competition Commission of India and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. Atmaja works with the disputes team, on multiple matters pertaining to technology, media and telecom laws, intellectual property laws, competition law, insolvency laws, and other corporate and civil laws. She has assisted on client opinions pertaining to statutory licensing of musical works and focuses on disputes pertaining to copyright and trademark infringement