Delhi High Court Restrains Virat Kohli’s Restaurant Chain One8 Commune From Playing Songs Of Phonographic Performance
Delhi High Court Restrains Virat Kohli’s Restaurant Chain One8 Commune From Playing Songs Of Phonographic Performance
The restaurant brand had not complied with the legal notice sent to it earlier
The Delhi High Court has restrained One8 Commune from playing the songs of Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) till the pendency of the suit.
PPL had filed a copyright infringement suit against Indian cricketer Virat Kohli-owned One8 Commune, restraining it from using its songs at restaurants and cafes.
PPL claimed ownership of the copyright on the songs available on its website https://www.pplindia.org/songs and has the exclusive right to grant the copyright license. It submitted that One8 Commune was playing its songs without any copyright license and issued a legal notice to it.
However, One8 Commune never complied with the terms of the legal notice.
Phonographic Performance Limited was represented by Chander M Lall (senior advocate), along with the team of Khaitan & Co, led by Ankur Sangal (partner). The team also comprised Sucheta Roy (principal associate) Raghu Vinayak Sinha (associate), and Shaurya Pandey (associate).
