http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59275 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:36:09 GMT 2026-10-18T21:36:09Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59282 Title: Fair Use Provisions under the Indian Copyright Act: Awareness Among Librarians of Colleges and Universities in Maharashtra Authors: Khobragade, Jagdish Wamanrao; C J, Anson Abstract: Indian Copyright Act, 1957 provides a private right in copyright which extensively deals with provisions that guarantee access to knowledge as well. Copyright is an exclusive and assignable legal right given to the author for a particular period for original literary, dramatic, artistic works, and musical work whether published or unpublished. These rights are not absolute but subject to restrictions and limitations imposed by law. Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 is one such provision that restraints the exclusive enjoyment of rights given to the copyright holder. As per Section 52 (1)(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957 a non-commercial library is permitted/allowed to make three copies of a book for library use, provided such books are not available for sale in India. The present article is about the concept of fair dealing which is originated from the Common of laws of England. Although, the concept of fair use and fair dealing are used synonymously, the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 deals with fair dealing under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957. The reproductions of works for research or private study, taking photocopy for research and educational purpose, etc., are covered under the doctrine of fair use. This paper will explain the conceptual framework of the Indian Copyright Act and the empirical reality in libraries of Maharashtra. It attempts to empirically test the usage of fair use provisions under the Indian Copyright Act and the awareness among librarians of Colleges and Universities in Maharashtra. The research methodology used for the present study is both doctrinal and non-doctrinal. It was observed that most of the librarians are aware of Copyright Law and copyright exceptions but when it comes to the implementation librarians also face difficulty and it leads to the infringement of copyright. Page(s): 7-15 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59282 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59281 Title: Legal Position of Naked Licensing in Trademarks: A Comparative Legal Study between India and The US Authors: Chamarty, Sidharth; Panwar, Garima Abstract: This paper attempts to present a deeper understanding of the practice of naked licensing in the field of trademark law. The paper traces the development of trademark licensing in India and correlates it with the concept of quality control of licensing. It presents the legislative and judicial standing with respect to quality control provisions associated with trademark licensing in India.The paper looks at the standards for determining adequate quality control and the implications of non-compliance in India vis-à-visthe Law of the United States. The paper attempts to weigh and critique the feasibility of the alternatives available to the court in deciding the outcome of a finding of naked licensing, keeping in mind the consequences of each action, and attempts to suggest solutions to the same. Page(s): 16-24 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59281 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59280 Title: Could an Artificial Intelligence be a Ghostwriter? Authors: Nowak-Gruca, Aleksandra Abstract: Advanced technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, have beenpushing nowadays societies toward new ethical and legal challenges, including copyright law dilemmas.The contemporarydevelopment of innovativemachinesand cognitive technologies raisesthe need to rethink basic concepts such as ownership and accountability.In light of the rules of copyright law, this paper argues that innovative algorithms, such as GPT-3 (an autoregressive language model developed by Open AI to produce human-like text via deep learning), could be considered a modern form of ghostwriting brought forward by the Third Industrial Revolution, as defined by Jeremy Rifkin. The phenomenon of ghostwriting has beennotorioussinceantiquity.Althoughghostwritingis also quitepervasive today, neither national nor international legal systems have yet fully regulated it. Based on the assumption that AI systems operate likeghostwriters in terms of their creativity, this paperasks whether AI’s creationshould be subject to copyright regulations soon, and if so, to what extent. Page(s): 25-37 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59280 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59279 Title: Geographical Indications in Maharashtra Authors: Ahmed, Mohammed Mudassir; Kamble, Veena M Abstract: The present paper aims to find the current situation of the registered commodities in the state of Maharashtra, the registered commodities are from three different categories i.e. Agriculture, Arts and Handicrafts and Manufactured products. These commodities mostly belong to agricultural category, among agricultural category fruits have taken lions share. All the registered commodities since the implementation of the Act have been included in the study. The paper discusses the present condition of the registered Geographical Indications of the Maharashtra State. Since the implementation of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, till now there are 34 products or commodities which have been registered with the authority of the Government of India. In this paper the authors have analysed the retrieved data by category of the product, involving districts of the products and chronologically registration of the products. Definition, purpose, history and genesis of Geographical indication have also been discussed. Some of the commodities which are not included or registered with the GI register are also identified by the author. Page(s): 38-41 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59279 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z