HC issues notice to NDTV, Zee TV in a copyright case
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)The Delhi High Court has issued notices to New Delhi Television Ltd and Zee Telefilms Ltd on a suit filed by one California-based company TIYL Production for allegedly infringing its copyright by producing and telecasting famous show “Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (JIKNH)”.
While issuing notices to the parties, Justice A K Sikri asked both the channels to file their reply within two weeks and posted the matter for hearing in the first week of March.
The counsel for the US production company Ralph Edwards Productions, which is producing the TIYL, Manmohan Singh contended that both NDTV and Zee TV should be restrained from producing, telecasting or advertising the serial Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai as it is an imitation and substantial reproduction of its programme “This is Your Life (TIYL)”.
The production and broadcast of the show amounts to infringement of legal rights of the petitioner (TIYL) by copying the format and theme and introducing their episodes under the deceptively similar name Jeena Isi Ka Naam, Singh contended.
The show Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai, which is deceptively similar to the Live Reality show “This is Your Life” and may lead to confusion and deception amounting to passing off, the counsel said.
— PTI
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