GUEST POST: ANGAD SINGH MAKKAR-REVIEWING INDIA’S GAMBLING LAWS AS DELHI HIGH COURT DEALS WITH ANTI-GAMBLING PIL
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Angad Singh Makkar. Angad is currently a final year student at Jindal Global Law School and had earlier written a post for us here and here. In this post Angad analyses the jurisprudence on gambling laws in India in light...
GUEST POST: RISHIKA GARG: DRAFT COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020: A DOMINANT TYRANT OR A LEGISLATIVE PROTECTOR?
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About Author: Rishika Garg is a fifth- year B.Com LLB student at Institute of Law, Nirma University. She has a keen interest in Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law.
INTRODUCTION
The Competition Act, 2002 (Act) was enforced almost a decade ago. Since then the Competition Commission of India (CCI)...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ritisha Mukherjee. Ritisha is a young lawyer having recently graduated from Nirma University with specialization in Intellectual Property Rights. She takes keen interest in media and entertainment laws and is currently working at Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd....
GUEST POST-RAMIT RANA AND MALVIKA AGGARWAL-NAME REGISTRATION OF A DECEASED PERSONALITY – WITHIN TRADEMARK REGIME ………(A RACE BEGAN AFTER THE DEMISE OF GEORGE FLOYD IN U.S.).!
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We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post co-authored by Ramit Rana and Malvika Aggarwal (Co-Author):
Ramit is the founding Partner at STEP NEXT LEGAL, New Delhi. He is a Practising Advocate at the Delhi High Court, and other lower Courts of Delhi with over five years of experience. He has industry...
GUEST POST: SNEHA JAIN: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF DELHI HIGH COURT’S RECENT DECISION IN MRF LTD VS METRO TYRES HOLDING THAT TO ‘MAKE A COPY’ OF A FILM IS...
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Sneha Jain is a Partner at Saikrishna & Associates, a leading IP-boutique firm based out of Delhi. She is a graduate from ILS Law College Pune and joined the profession in 2010. She provides litigation and dispute resolution advise with special focus on media and entertainment, information technology and...
GUEST POST: GARIMA SAXENA-APPY FIZZ v. FIZZY APPLE: PARLE AGRO TAKES WALMART INDIA TO THE COURT OVER TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
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About the Author: Garima Saxena is a fourth-year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, and has a keen interest in Intellectual Property and Media Laws.
Parle Agro recently dragged Walmart India to the court over the infringement of their trademark ‘Appy Fizz’ and trade dress, which led...
In the recent few months, artificial intelligence products such as Midjourney, Stability AI and ChatGPT have taken the forefront in terms of innovation in technology. These “AI Generative Tools” are designed to respond to text-based inputs and generate images, pictures or information. The tools can generate works that can...
Guest Post: Stuti Mehrotra: A Critical Analysis of the Corn Products Judgment: Overreliance on Phonetic Similarity and Monopolization within Trademark Classes
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1. Introduction
The decision in Corn Products Refining Co. v. Shangrila Food Products Ltd. remains one of the most pivotal judgments in the field of trademark law. In this case, the Court found that the trademark "Gluvita," registered by the defendant, was deceptively similar to "Glucovita" which is a mark...
GUEST POST: PRANITA SABOO: NO 36-HOUR RESTRICTION IN TAKE-DOWN NOTICE SENT BY COPYRIGHT OWNER TO INTERMEDIARY?
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About Author: The author is a B.A. LL. B graduate from ILS Law College, Pune (Batch: 2014-19) and currently practices intellectual property laws.
Introduction
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (“MIB”) has on 25th February 2021 published and notified the Information Technology...
GUEST POST: DHWANI BHINDE: NCPCR REGULATORY GUIDELINES FOR CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY OR ANY COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITY- PART 1
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One industry that took off massively during the pandemic was the media and entertainment industry, and with the content churned out by the platforms day in and day out, it has become crucial to upgrade the legislative ecosystem to keep up with the evolution. One such issue that was...