Month: March 2021

Access by Improvement to Patented Technologies Possibly, such “Opening Clauses” would not only be useful in heavily patented areas like telecommunication to get enforced access to SEP-surrounded innovations but also in pharma developments to achieve access and thereby licenses under first-medical-use patents by improvers With the steadily or even exponentially increasing number of patent applications

The objective of maternity benefits is to safeguard the dignity of motherhood by providing proper care-consideration to the child and mother when she is not able to fulfil her duties due to health reasons. I. Introduction “War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not

Madras High Court gives no solace to a corrupt public servant The High Court said in no uncertain terms that the Prevention of Corruption Act cannot apply to disproportionate assets cases The Madras High Court (HC) has refused to come to the aid of a public servant accused of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known

The present article separately discusses the procedure of registration and dissolution of partnership firms under the partnership act. It gives an overall brief overview of the registration and dissolution procedures and what all compliance the process is going to require as per the act. I. Introduction A Partnership is one of the most significant forms

Delhi High Court denies plea to quash new SMS norms E-commerce company Indiamart failed to get interim relief on its plea seeking scrapping of the new SMS regulations intended to check spam messages The Delhi High Court (HC) denied interim relief to e-commerce company Indiamart Intermesh Ltd over a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Yes Bank’s ARC plan falls flat with RBI citing conflict of interest Yes Bank had sought approval to launch an assets reconstruction company and was expecting to transfer nearly ₹500 billion of bad loans to it The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly rejected Yes Bank Ltd’s application that could have helped it to

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply on law barring conversion of places of worship Any decision by the Apex Court on the PIL under consideration may have a direct impact on similar suits pending before various courts and will have a far-reaching impact The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the central government seeking its

Is tortious defamation protected by the freedom of speech and expression? Defamation has always been a topic of argument between two fundamental rights – freedom to speech and expression granted under Article 19 and the right to dignity granted under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. What is defamation? Defamation is an activity, verbal or

Know the Facts about Supreme Court of India This article covers key points about Supreme Court of India Which Supreme Court case banned prior restraints? The prior restraint means taking legal action before anticipated wrongdoing. It is remedial which aims to censor any information to prevent it from reaching the public. Prior restrained is not

Image from here In Part I, in the light of jurisprudence, I had analysed whether copyright or design law would be the appropriate IP for jewellery protection. Additionally, I also discussed if ‘adaptation’ or ‘reproduction’ would be the more suitable term for referring to the conversion of 2D drawings into 3D jewellery. In Part II,