Month: July 2023

Robin Ratnakar David quits Dua Associates to set up his own counsel practice He is a veteran litigator having over three decades of experience Robin Ratnakar David has stepped down from the Equity Partnership at Dua Associates after 20 years with the firm to set up an independent counsel practice. A first-generation lawyer, David is

Last week was pretty action-packed here on the blog. We featured 8 posts discussing important IP developments like the Bombay High Court’s important clarification on the re-assignment of copyright, the opacity on public money spent on R&D by the government, in the last decade. We also featured important news reports about the change in the

Bombay High Court Stays Insolvency Professional’s Suspension: Prima Facie Disciplinary Committee Can Consist only of Whole Time Members The Bombay High Court by its division judge’s bench of Justices B. P. Colabawalla and M.M. Sathaye has stayed the suspension of registration of Insolvency Professional (IP) Kairav Anil Trivedi, who was accused of misrepresentation and entering

Image from here. SpicyIP, in its over 17 years of existence, has discussed a substantial part of Indian IP’s modern evolution. From Prof. Basheer’s first SpicyIP post in October 2005, ‘from the sprawling corn fields of Illinois, Champaign’, till now, July 2023, at 17 years and 8 months old, the blog is nearing the age

Image from here People following Indian politics would know about the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” (Yatra). While the Yatra seems to have ended, its (presumingly) unforeseen aftermath still continues to haunt the Indian National Congress (INC). Readers would remember Nikhil’s informative post on the copyright infringement claims by MRT Music against INC for unauthorised use of

The Consortium of National Law Universities has commenced the online application process for the Common Law Admission Test or CLAT 2024. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the exam on the official website https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/ till November 3, 2023. CLAT 2024: Registration, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

DIGITAL SALE AND MORTGAGE FOR A TOEHOLD OUTSIDE THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 Allowing digital transfer of interests in immoveable property without consequential changes in the primary laws tackling transfer of interests in immoveable property will be like placing the cart before the horse The latest amendment in Schedule I of The Information Technology Act,

SECTION 13A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT – CLARITY OR FURTHER QUESTIONS? A LOOK INTO THE DECISION OF ULTRA RACING (M) SDN BHD V BLUETACT SDN BHD [2023] MLJU 616 A reading of the provision of s.13A CA 1987 seems to suggest that 3-dimensional reproductions of a design document embodying a design for anything other than

DEVISING THE CONTOURS OF DUTY TO DISCLOSE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN ARBITRATION The oft-repeated mantra of “when in doubt, disclose” may not always work out in practice and can be used by recalcitrant parties to challenge arbitrator appointments simply to delay or disrupt the proceedings, and later challenge the award. Viewing arbitration from the lens

The Bombay High Court today said that those applying for a stay on Look Out Circulars (LOC) against them are taking the courts for granted. A bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale said that applicants assume they will be granted permission, and hence, file last-minute applications. Stays on LOCs are sought in order