Big Brother Watch v. United Kingdom

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Validity of legal framework enabling bulk interception of cross-border communication by intelligence services using secret surveillance operations

Big Brother Watch v. United Kingdom (2022) 74 E.H.R.R. 17 In the European Court of Human Rights Application Numbers 58170/13, 62322/14, and 24960/15 Before the members of the Grand Chamber Decided on May 25, 2021 Relevancy of the Case: Validity … Read More

Regina v. Matthew Millen

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Taking defence as a cyber volunteer in an appeal arising out of conviction in a child sexual abuse case

Regina v. Matthew Millen [2021] EWCA Crim 1471 In the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division Case Number 2021/00528/B5 Before Lord Justice Holroyde, Justice Holgate, and Justice Cockerill Decided on October 05, 2021 Relevancy of the case: Taking defence as a … Read More

Bulgari SPA v. Notandas Gems Pvt. Ltd.

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Territorial jurisdiction based on the interactiveness of a website and the defendant's store location in a trademark infringement case

Bulgari SPA v. Notandas Gems Pvt. Ltd. (2022) 90 PTC 171 In the High Court of Delhi CS (Comm) 658/2021 & I.A. 16751/2021 Before Justice C. Hari Shankar Decided on February 21, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Territorial jurisdiction based … Read More

Ameen v. State of Kerala

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Quashing of proceedings in a case involving digital piracy through CDs/DVDs

Ameen v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala Crl. M.C. 7659/2017 Before Justice Alexander Thomas Decided on September 11, 2020 Relevancy of the Case: Quashing of proceedings in a case involving digital piracy through CDs/DVDs Statutes and … Read More

C. Prakash v. S.N Media and Others

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Payment of consideration as a compulsory precedent for assigning copyright for films

C. Prakash v. S.N Media and Ors. AIR 2022 Mad 20 : (2021) 6 CTC 590 In the High Court of Madras C.M.P. 13797/2021, OSA(CAD) 68/2021 Before Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu Decided on October 29, 2021 … Read More

Manual v. State of Kerala

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Vicarious liability of a WhatsApp group admin for an objectionable video sent by a member

Manual v. State of Kerala (2022) 1 KLJ 936 In the High Court of Kerala Crl. MC. 3654/2021 Before Justice Kauser Edappagath Decided on February 23, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Vicarious liability of a WhatsApp group admin for an … Read More