Legal Job Opportunity for Junior Associate at R.K. Dewan

🏢 Company: R.K. Dewan 📍 Location: Mumbai 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job :R.K. Dewan Legal Services, is currently accepting resumes from final year law students, for an internship opportunity as well as for Jr. Associate roles. This opportunity shall be with the Mumbai Litigation department. Eligibility :(i) Candidate should have the

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Case Summary: M/s Birla Corporation Limited v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others (2026) | Stamp Duty on Mining Leases

The Supreme Court examined whether stamp duty on a mining lease should be calculated based on the fixed dead rent or the anticipated royalty likely to be payable from mineral extraction. The Court held that anticipated royalty is the appropriate basis where the value of the lease is indeterminate at the time of execution, and

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (27 July-2 August)

Stepping into August with posts on the DHC’s order in ANI v. OpenAI, Interdigital v Transsion, the Ribociclib saga, and digital archive. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment and let us know. Highlights of the Week ANI v. OpenAI: User Rights, Fair

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Legal Job Opportunity for Junior Associate at SHS Chambers, Mumbai

🏢 Company: SHS Chambers 📍 Location: 5A, Bakhtwawar, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 21 💰 Stipend/Salary: Rs. 30 to 36 Lakhs per annum About the Job :SHS Chambers is a full-service law chamber spanning litigation, dispute resolution, and non-litigation work, built on trust, continuity, and careful stewardship of every matter it undertakes. Operating as an integrated

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Beyond Prius? The DHC’s ALPHARD Decision on Trans-Border Reputation

Introduction  The Delhi High Court (“DHC”), on 4th May 2026 in Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v. Tech Square Engineering Pvt. Ltd., overturned a Single Judge judgment (2023) and granted the mark “ALPHARD” well-known status while affirming its trans-border reputation. The judgment is noteworthy as it has articulated a test for trans-border reputation and has also observed

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Part II: To CL Or Not To CL: That Ought Not Be The Question

Continuing from Part I, Rishabh Upadhyay explains that making a patented medicine free on paper does not necessarily make it accessible in practice. Through Rajasthan’s procurement and distribution model for Ribociclib, he argues that India’s access-to-medicines challenge is ultimately an infrastructural one, not merely a patent-law problem. Rishabh is an LL.M. candidate at South Asian

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