Copyright Litigation

Overview

  • A right-holder in copyrighted work is entitled to safeguard their rights against any violation committed by a third party.

  • Copyright infringement occurs when a third party, without authorization, carries out actions that should have been exclusively exercised by the copyright owner and are not classified as fair-use.

  • Bahrain Law No. 22/2006 on the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights .

  • Bahrain Law No. 22/2006 provides substantive and interim measures to be enforced by the right holder against a third party violation of their rights.

  • This Practice Note provides an overview of copyright litigation, and covers enforcement of these rights, in addition to civil and criminal protection of copyrighted works.

Definitions

  • Right holder: The person entitled to enforce the rights associated with the protected work (i.e., the author or the copyright owner accordingly).

  • Author: A natural person who has created the work.

  • Competent authority: Information Affairs Authority.

  • Protected work: Any original literary or artistic work created by an author and protected by copyright law.

  • Products: Protected works subject to alleged infringement as referred to by the legislator in article 62-64 of Bahrain Law No. 22/2006.

Practical Guidance

Enforcement of rights