Hyderabad : Telangana Chamber of Events Industry (TCEI), a not-for-profit organization formed by the representatives of various stakeholders in the Event and Entertainment industry is organizing a National Seminar on Challenges of Intellectual Property Laws in Events and Entertainment Industry here in city on Wednesday, December 17th at Cyber City Convention at Hitex Road, Izzath Nagar.
Dr. V. C. Vivekanandan, MHRD IP-Chair Professor, NALSAR University of Law will be the Chief Guest, Dr. Varre Venkateswarlu Information Commissioner, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh will be the guest of honour. T. Prashanth Reddy, Practicing Lawyer in IP in New Delhi will deliver Key Note Address.
The objective of this Seminar is to bring about the right kind of awareness among the event fraternity said Surat Singh Malhotra, President of TCEI and Founder Head of Namdhari Group. The seminar will enlighten the Event Fraternity about the future implication and challenges in the implementation of IPR Laws said Ms. Rakhi Kankaria, Vice President of TCI and Director of Rachnoutsav Events Pvt. Ltd.
This is our Endeavour to putforth a Socio legal point of view on the subject and device strategies towards a win-win situation for bothe the stake holders said Sricharan Atluri, Vice President of TSLVA and Managing Director of Highbrow.
The last few years of the growth of Intellectual property Rights in India has given rise to the formation of Copyright societies. Companies like Phonographic Performance Lt(PP) and Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd(IPRS) have been spearheading the cause of royalty collection for the artists, lyricists, performers and music companies, said Jaikant Shrof, President of REVA and GM of Vivanta by Taj.
The un-checked and un-challenged manifestation of legal protection of these Societies has today resulted in a grim situation wherein these “societies” have come to become monopolized business houses.
The Event and Entertainment Industry, particularly the Event Managers, DJs, Hotels and Property Managers and corporate holding event and entertainments are day-in-day-out are challenges, threatened, harassed and most of the times branded as PIRATES and CRIMINALS
he lack of awareness about these societies and the confusing nature of their claims at times make the Event Organizer a victim of their unethical practices. It is precisely to fill up these gaps of theory and practices of Intellectual Property Rights, TCEI has called for a study of the subject, with particular emphasis on the legal framework and broader implications.
TCEI It is an umbrella organization of Event Management, Wedding Planners, Entertainers, Exhibitions, Sound /Light/Video, Production, Caterers and other facilitators.