Opinion & Analysis
How Can India Implement Public-Private Partnership As A Means To Tackle Digital Piracy
Public-private partnerships have emerged as an effective means to tackle digital piracy and are increasingly being implemented globally to dismantle pirate operations and enforce intellectual property rights. Brazil’s recent “Operation 404” campaign is one such success story of a cross border public
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AIIMS Ransomware Attack: A Wake-Up Call For India
Hopefully, the AIIMS ransomware attack could shake India out of its deep slumber and propel the Indian nation to work as a holistic unit to deal with the emerging challenges of ransomware and increasing cyber security breaches with each passing day says Dr Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of In
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The Legal Framework For Celebrity Endorsements
With the increased scrutiny on celebrity endorsements, legal experts shall take charge and ensure all precautions while drafting and reviewing endorsement contracts to avoid litigation and bad publicity to the celebrity.
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Music Licensing in India- Compliances, Gaps And The Way Forward
What is required is a robust legal framework that mandates a minimum payout of royalties and protects the interests of the creator, as opposed to only protecting “right holders”
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History of Antiquarian Laws in India- Necessity To Revamp Cultural Property Legislation?
Article 49 and Article 51 A(f) of the Indian Constitution places a lot of importance on the protection of our material heritage and in the process make it obligatory for the States to protect the cultural properties that have rendered the historical identity of India.
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MSME Act – Who Is A Supplier?
An Analysis Of The Judgement Dated 31.10.2022 In Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. v. Mahakali Foods Pvt. Ltd. (Unit 2) & Anr.
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Supreme Court Settles The Dust for MSMEs, Clarifies Facilitation To Override Arbitration
The Division Bench of Chief Justice U. U. Lalit and Justice Bela M. Trivedi observed in the ruling that the MSMED Act has been customised to protect MSMEs by stipulating a statutory mechanism for the payment of interest on delayed payments which would override the provisions of a general law like th
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Consumers Wield Freedom Of Choice In Dispute Resolution
It must be kept in mind that the consumer can opt for the consumer forums first and then opt for arbitration, but the vice versa would not be tenable say authors are Raghavan Ramabadran (Executive Partner, L&S Chennai), Krithika Jaganathan (Principal Associate, L&S Chennai), and Aparna Venkataraman
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Intellectual Property And Graffiti Art- What Needs To Be Done
It is important is to have an international framework adhering to which the Indian Copyright Act can undergo an amendment to address the copyright infringement issues pertaining to the “ anti-art” in graffiti.
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Lex Et Iustitia – Law And Justice
Law and justice are like two peas in a pod- similar and inseparable, but endowed with unique characteristics of their own writes Ishana Sharma.
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