Trade Marks and the Metaverse: Recent Trends in India
In the post covid era, the ‘Metaverse’ has become one of the most hotly discussed technological advancements globally. More and more...
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- Aug 1
A Common Ground at last: An Analysis of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference Declaration
Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, talks had been ongoing among Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to formulate a...
- Jul 1
Movie Titles — Protected Under Indian Law?
With the advent of the digital era and consequent ease of accessibility, the entertainment industry has increasingly become a larger part...
- Jun 20
Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and their Endorsements Released!
The Central Consumer Protection Authority, the body established under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 to regulate matters relating to...
- Jun 20
Proposed IT Amendment Rules 2022 — Putting the Interests of Digital Indians First!
The past year was quite tumultuous for the social media giants and the Indian government with the coming into effect of the Information...
- Jun 8
IP Violations on Social Media Platforms and the Role of Intermediaries
The power of social media as a virtual platform for disseminating content created by an individual or entity is limitless. Social media...
- Jun 7
Defense of Honest and Concurrent Use Unavailable for Trademark Infringement?
In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court ruled on the scope of honest and concurrent use under the Indian trademark law. In a recent...
- Apr 29
LAST MINUTE INJUNCTIVE RUSH
Movie business or Showbiz, as it is colloquially called, has often been the aspiration of the middle-class population. The larger than...
- Apr 15
THE CONUNDRUM OF COPYRIGHT SOCIETIES CONTINUES…
The Delhi High Court, in two writ petitions[1] filed by Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), a registered company dealing with sound...
- Apr 1
SOTEFIN SA v. INDRAPRASTHA CANCER SOCIETY AND RESEARCH CENTER & ORS.: PITH AND MARROW OF PATENT
A recent decision[1] by the Delhi High Court has provided clarity on various issues of patent law that had not been examined by Indian...
- Mar 15
Analyzing the concept of IPRs in creations of AI – Part 4: Possible solutions, or are they?
This is the final part of four-part analysis of the concept of IPRs in creations of AI. The first three parts of this series discussed...
- Mar 1
Analyzing the concept of IPRs in creations of AI – Part 3: Some major questions
This post is the penultimate part of the four-part series on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and its affair with Intellectual Property...
- Feb 16
Role of Trade Marks in Promoting Sustainability
Trademarks represent much more than just the origin of goods or services…they represent a pledge to deliver quality products/services,...
- Jan 31
How Real Is Virtual Fashion? – An IP Perspective
The term “metaverse” has become widely popular. While the term may seem new to some, it has actually been around since the early 90’s,...
- Jan 18
FAIR DEALING : A BALANCING BEAM BETWEEN EXCLUSIVITY AND PUBLIC INTEREST
The law of copyright focuses on protecting a creator’s rights in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, cinematograph...
- Jan 10
Intellectual Property: Tagging Liability In Using Third Parties’ Marks As Keywords And Metatags:
Our associate, Anand Kumar discusses “Intellectual Property: Tagging Liability In Using Third Parties’ Marks As Keywords And Metatags:“...
- Dec 27, 2021
SEPs and FRAND: A Break Down
Our Associate, Nikita Lakhani discusses SEPs and FRAND: A Break Down With the ever-increasing penetration of technology in our day-to-day...
- Oct 29, 2021
Analyzing the concept of IPRs in creations of AI – Part 2: Granting Legal Personality to AI for purp
Our Associate, Rishikaa discusses “Analyzing the concept of IPRs in creations of AI – Part 2: Granting Legal Personality to AI for...
- Oct 20, 2021
The future is here, but are we ready! – Analyzing the concept of IPRs in creations of AI – Part 1
Our Associate, Alvin Antony discusses “The future is here, but are we ready! – Analyzing the concept of IPRs in creations of AI – Part 1:...
- Oct 1, 2021
Personality Rights vis-a-vis Copyright Infringement
Our Associate, Tiyasa Banerjee discusses “Personality Rights vis-a-vis Copyright Infringement“ Who will reap the benefit of a picture...
- Sep 15, 2021
Associate and Series Trade Marks – Explained
Our Associate, Abdul Hannan discusses “Associate and Series Trade Marks — Explained” Developing a successful brand takes considerable...