Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: 30 Years of the WIPO Internet Treaties What did copyright law look like
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Copyright Strikes and Free Speech: Rethinking Automated Takedowns on Social Media
The Delhi High Court (“DHC”), in the past month, has seen multiple ongoing cases where social media intermediaries’ copyright strike mechanism has come into question (see here and here). With social media platforms now serving as a principal forum for public expression, and a handful of platforms controlling access to much of this speech, the
... Continue Reading.Call for Papers: Journal on Corporate Law & Governance | NLU Jodhpur [Submit by Sep 26]
The Journal on Corporate Law & Governance (JCLG), National Law University, Jodhpur is inviting original submissions for Volume IX, Issue 2 on contemporary developments in corporate law and governance. The deadline for submissions is September 26, 2026. About National Law University, Jodhpur National Law University, Jodhpur (“NLUJ”) is an institution of national prominence established under
... Continue Reading.SC Constitutes Five Member High Power Enquiry Committee Headed By Former Judge To Probe Various Aspects
It is definitely in the fitness of things that in a major development we see that the Supreme Court in
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... Continue Reading.SC Reduces Law Practice Criterion From 3 Years To I Year But Adds Clerkship And Training Criteria
In a very significant pronouncement which is palpably going to affect lakhs of aspirants who are preparing for judicial services or will prepare in the forthcoming coming days ahead, the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Bhumika Trust v Union of India and Others in Writ
... Continue Reading.SC Or Delhi HC Must Set Aside Order Of Asset Attachment Of Senior SC Lawyer Mehmood Pracha Over Rs 6 Lakh Babri Masjid Litigation Costs
Let me first and foremost begin with a disclaimer: I neither know eminent, senior and learned lawyer Mr Mehmood Pracha nor have I ever met him but I have always seen in him the resilience to always
... Continue Reading.[Part II] AI in the Patent Office: When Human Oversight Fails, Who Is Accountable?
Image from here In Part I of the post, I discussed the contents of the Guidelines and how using AI may cognitively affect the officers while examining a patent application. From Personal Satisfaction to Institutional Accountability: Where does the Buck Stop? Now, I understand that some of the arguments in Part I are targeted towards
... Continue Reading.[Part I] AI in the Patent Office: Can Human Oversight Neutralise AI’s Influence on Patent Examination?
Image from here The CGPDTM issued new guidelines on August 7, this time to regulate AI use in the patent examination process. In a 16-page document followed by annexures of illustrative examples and a checklist for the officers, the Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patent Examination Procedures seek to maintain a balance
... Continue Reading.Wearing Headscarf Not Essential Part Of Islamic Faith: Allahabad HC
It is undoubtedly beyond a straw of doubt in the fitness of things that the Allahabad High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Sukaina Rizvi vs State of U.P. and Others in Writ – C
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