Image from here Earlier this month, the Bombay High Court ruled that registration of copyright is not mandatory for obtaining relief in an infringement action. Seemingly a statement of the obvious, this decision by Justice GS Patel corrects a nine-year old blunder by a coordinate bench of the same court in Dhiraj Dewani v. Sonal
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Norton Rose Fulbright adds fab four to its Los Angeles team Together, the four trial lawyers bring on board years of experience and a great success rate as Norton Rose Fulbright expands operations in California with a talented and diverse team Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the induction of four commercial litigation
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This post was coauthored by Swaraj Paul Barooah and myself. Image from here In part I of this post, Anik and I argued that the government should waive the IPR in Covaxin in order to ensure that the vaccine can be rapidly accessed by the public. In Part II of this post, Swaraj and I
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Pic by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0, from here. Last week we had a guest post by Lokesh Vyas that looked into the case of Hero Electrics v Lectro E-Mobility, wherein the order, holding the dispute to be arbitrable, was critiqued for inadequately clarifying the difference between IP disputes that can be arbitrated versus those
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Topical Highlight Delhi HC Looks Into Access And Innovation Questions On Rare Diseases Lorenzo’s Oil, a fantastic 1992 movie on a child with a rare disease and the lengths his parents go to find a treatment for him In this post, Swaraj analyses an order issued by Justice Prathiba M. Singh of the Delhi High
... Continue Reading.On 26 March 2021, the Supreme Court of India pronounced its much-awaited ruling in Tata Consultancy Services Limited v. Cyrus Investments Pvt. Ltd. The Court found that the allegations of oppression and prejudice raised by the Mistry group could not be sustained, and hence declined to grant any relief. It answered all the legal questions
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A Petition has been filed before the Hon’ble SC [WP(C) No: 401/2021] in quest of removal certain verses from the holy Quran that are negative, promote terrorism, and create the threat of Islamic Terrorism in India. The petition was filed by the UP Shia Waqf Board chairman, challenging 26 verses from the Quran which he
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Amid the raids carried out at advocate Mehmood Pracha by the Delhi police, the Delhi sessions court appointed an advocate commissioner to facilitate the seizure of Pracha’s computer and to ensure that the data seated in it has not tampered. The court order sanctioned post the rejection to undertake the raid. To this, Pracha contended
... Continue Reading.SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT ADJUDICATORY AUTHORITY CANNOT MODIFY A RESOLUTION PLAN The Three Judge Bench of the Hon’ble #SupremeCourt of India comprising of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna passed a Judgment dated 24.03.2021 in the case of Jaypee Kensington Boulevard Apartments Welfare Association & Ors. v. NBCC (India) Ltd. & Ors. {Civil
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