In keeping with a broad global trend, the Indian Patent Office has refused Dr. Stephen Thaler’s patent application which sought to recognise Dr. Thaler’s AI system DABUS as the inventor of a ‘food container and devices and methods for attracting enhanced attention’. The Indian patent office’s decision goes a step beyond the refusals issued by
... Continue Reading.Chandhiok & Mahajan Elevates 12 Lawyers, Including Saurabh Bachhawat & Savar Mahajan as Counsel
Chandhiok & Mahajan Elevates 12 Lawyers, Including Saurabh Bachhawat & Savar Mahajan as Counsel The leading full-service Indian law firm, Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors (C&M), has elevated 12 lawyers in its latest promotions round, reinforcing the firm’s next-generation leadership across key practice areas including corporate and M&A, disputes, restructuring, real estate, and competition
... Continue Reading.Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Advised Mapletree Logistics Trust On Acquisition Of Logistics Warehousing Facility In Bhiwandi
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Mapletree Logistics Trust on acquisition of logistics warehousing facility in Bhiwandi The leading law firm in India, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd. (in its capacity as manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust), HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited (as trustee of Mapletree Logistics Trust), and the purchasing entity
... Continue Reading.Khaitan & Co Advised JSW Sambalpur Steel Limited On INR 12,000 Crore Term Loan Facility From State Bank Of India
Khaitan & Co advised JSW Sambalpur Steel Limited on INR 12,000 crore term loan facility from State Bank of India The leading law firm in India, Khaitan & Co advised JSW Sambalpur Steel Limited in relation to a rupee term loan facility aggregating to INR 12,000 crores availed from State Bank of India. The transaction
... Continue Reading.SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 13 – April 19)
Entering the second half of April with a post on the ANI v OpenAI, judgment of which has been reserved by the Delhi HC. Can an entity that is no longer a registered copyright society continue to demand licensing fees? Post on PPL’s ongoing litigation. Another post on the Delhi HC holding that removing an
... Continue Reading.AIR-1, Right of Publicity-0: Delhi HC’s CLATastrophic Mix-Up
This post is co-authored with Dr. Aakanksha Kumar. Dr. Aakanksha Kumar (She/Her) is an independent researcher and academic who also consults with content creators and advises Chhattisgarhi music artists on copyright-related matters. Previously, she served as Associate Professor, Associate Dean, and Associate Director of the Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies (CPGLS) at Jindal Global
... Continue Reading.Right To Safe Passage On Roads Is An Integral Part Of Right To Life Under Article 21 Of The Constitution: SC
While keeping in view the huge surge in number of accidents on roads over the years, the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled In Re: Phalodi Accident vs
... Continue Reading.Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Against Professor in NSS Namaz Coercion Case
The Chhattisgarh High Court has declined to quash an FIR and subsequent criminal proceedings against professor Dilip Jha, who is accused of coercing non-Muslim students to participate in offering namaz during a National Service Scheme (NSS) camp in Bilaspur. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, in its April 15
... Continue Reading.Lucknow Bench Of Allahabad HC Orders Rescheduling Of Lucknow Bar Elections For Implementing 30% Reservation For Women As Per Apex Court Directions
It really disappointed me most extremely that the 33% reservation of seats for women in the Lower House of Parliament that is Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for women
... Continue Reading.Bombay High Court to Decide If GST Department Can Issue Single SCN for Multiple Financial Years
The Bombay High Court has referred a key question to a larger bench: whether the Goods and Services Tax (GST) department can legally issue a single consolidated show-cause notice (SCN) covering multiple financial years under the CGST Act, 2017. A Division Bench of Justices G. S. Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe made the reference on April
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