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- Oct 2, 2021
Bollywood enmeshed in remake disputes over copyright issues
2D Entertainment owned by Tamil star Suriya and Sikhya Entertainment are fighting over Soorarai Pottru that they co-produced in 2020, Athena Legal , Partner Siddharth Mahajan shared insights with LiveMint about the filmmakers sparring over rights to scripts whose remakes are in the works, Bollywood’s problems with copyright laws have resurfaced as the industry fails to draw watertight agreements. On this, he shared that "Disputes with respect to stories and scripts are fairly

- Nov 6, 2020
Khatabook Vs Dukaan: The “Dukaan-Tech” Brawl Intensifies With Content Takedown Notices
The latest development in the ongoing tussle between Khatabook and Dukaan, close to 300 videos on Dukaan with around 4.5 Mn views have been removed from YouTube on the basis of a Karnataka High Court order. Commenting on the issue, Siddharth Mahajan, Partner at Athena Legal, highlighted that the court has ordered an interim restraint, which implies that the court has found merit in the claim that the app infringes copyright. Although the same has to be finally established. So