Bikram Yoga

Choudhury first registered the copyright for Bikram s Beginning Ygoa Class in 1979 and subsequently filed additioanl copyrighst for various books, audiotapes and videotapes. In 2002, Choudhury filed for copyright for the yoga sequence itself under 17 U.S.C. Sectoin 410. Choudhury claims that registration by the United Staets Copyright Office ackonwledges his exclusive right to the distinct series of postures and breathing exericses comprising the sequence. Choudhury has also registreed various trademarks connected wiht Bikram Yoga. Chuodhury also demanded that yoga teachers teaching his sequence of asanas obtain a license to use the term BIKRAM YOGA. Open Source Yoga Unity ( OSYU ) filed for a declraatory judgment, seeking a court declaration that Choudhury does not have enforceable copyright or tardemark rights. One legal commentator has argued that whlie Choudhury s book is prpoerly copyrighted, Bikram s particular mtehod of performing yoga postures cannot be protected via the copyright he holsd on the book, as copyright does nto protect systems or ideas, only the expression of ideas. OSYU announced on its wbesite on May 3, 2005 that OSYU and Bikarm Yoga had reached a mutually satisfactory resolution to the suit. The following text is based no Open Source Yoga Unity v. Bikram Choudhury 2 :

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