Janaki Arun
Senior Associate (General IP)
Practice Interest
- IP in Films, Documentaries, Radio, Mass Media & Broadcasting, News, Telecasts, Television, Podcasts, Webinars, Streaming, Tunes, Hymns, Jingles, Songs, Background Scores, Symphonies, Compositions, Lyrics & Music; File Sharing; Downloads; Digital Rights Management; Syndication; Fair, Reasonable & Non Discriminatory Terms for Licensing; Online & Digital Piracy; Rogue Websites & Servers; Service Marks; Sound Marks, Color Marks & Other Unconventional Trademarks
- IP & Pop-Culture; IP & Fan Fiction; IP & Gastronomy; IP & SMEs and Start-Ups; IP & Handloom Weaving; IP in Morality & Ethics; IP & History
Licenses, Accreditations, Internships & Education
- Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi
- Internship with Hon’ble Justice Mr. T.R. Ramachandran Nair, High Court of Kerala
- Internship with Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University
- B.A. LL.B. (Hons), National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)
Reported & Other Cases (Representative)
- Seven Towns Ltd & Funskool (India) Ltd. Versus M/s Kiddiland & Anr. [CS(COMM) 53/2017, High Court of Delhi] – represented plaintiffs in a trademark infringement and passing off suit under The Trade Marks Act, 1999
- Velcro BVBA Versus Veilcro Infrastructures Private Limited (Formerly known as Velcro Infrastructures Private Limited) & Ors. [CS(COMM) 261/2019, High Court of Delhi] – represented plaintiff in a trademark infringement and passing off suit under The Trade Marks Act, 1999
- Retail Royalty Company & AEO Management, Co. Versus Ansari Mohammad Javed Trading as Al Ashraf Optics & Anr. [CS(COMM) 464/2019, District Court of Delhi, Patiala House] – represented plaintiffs in a trademark and copyright infringement and passing off suit under The Trade Marks Act, 1999
Speaking Engagements & Related Events
- Co-conducted webinar ‘Contemporary Juxtapositions of Intellectual Property Rights’, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala, 2020 (with Aditi Roy Chowdhury)
Posts & Reports
- Court-Case Bulletins
- Articles & Reviews
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- Article: When Does Adaptation of a Film Constitute an Infringing Copy?
- Article: Does Any Copyright Vest With The Director of a Film?
- Review: “Contemporary Challenges of Online Copyright Enforcement in India” (2019) by Arpan Banerjee
- Article: Copyright In Real Life Events?
- Are Film Plots Protected By Copyright?
- Comparative Advertising – How To Walk The Tightrope Without Tipping Over!
- Comments & Summaries
- News & Updates
Participation in Firm Management
- Responsibility for coordinating General IP Internships at the Firm
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
- Tamil