GUIs Join the Design Club!

Disclaimer: Used Claude AI to make stylistic changes to the post. Any mistakes made are all mine alone. Calcutta High Court’s recent decision in  NEC Corporation v. Controller (NEC Corp) opens up the option of design protection for Graphic User Interface (GUI) dismissing for the second time the subject matter objections raised by the IPO.

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Khaitan & Co Successfully Represented Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd Before Madras High Court In Tender Dispute

Khaitan & Co Successfully Represented Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd Before Madras High Court in Tender Dispute The leading law firm in India, Khaitan & Co successfully represented Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd before the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in writ petitions challenging the rejection of technical bids in four tenders floated by

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 16 – March 22)

(This week’s review is authored by Shubham Thakare. Shubham is currently an intern with SpicyIP. He is a third-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with an interest in copyright and trademark law.) As we move further into March, this week’s review brings into focus questions around the

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Attorney General for India Calls for a New Framework for Plea Bargaining at Seminar on Delivering Justice In Time

New Delhi, 16 March, 2026: Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India, called for a new framework for plea bargaining based on social, cultural, economic theories and practices at the inaugural session of the seminar on “Delivering Justice in Time: Global Practices and Indian Experiences”, jointly organised by O.P. Jindal Global University and the National

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New Law on Specialized Court 2025 At the Vietnam International Financial Centre Opening the Door to International Commercial Litigation Standards?

New Law on Specialized Court 2025 At the Vietnam International Financial Centre Opening the Door to International Commercial Litigation Standards? For the first time, Vietnam has formally introduced a specialised international commercial court model, designed to adjudicate complex financial, investment, and cross-border commercial disputes arising within the International Financial Centre (IFC) 1. Introduction On 11

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FOREIGN DIVORCE DECREE NOT BINDING WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH INDIAN MATRIMONIAL LAW

INTRODUCTIONIn Kishorekumar Mohan Kale v. Kashmira Kale, Civil Appeal No. 1342 of 2013, decided on 15 January 2026, the Supreme Court of India, in a Judgment delivered by Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, addressed significant issues concerning the recognition of foreign divorce decrees and the applicability of Indian matrimonial law.The case raises important

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