Legal 60

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: B.K. Keayla Some bells do not just chime, they remind us that innovation

🏢 Company: Office of Advocate Pulkit Goyal 📍 Location: Chandigarh 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job :Office of Advocate Pulkit Goyal is inviting applications for the Job Post of Legal Associate at Chandigarh. Eligibility :(i) LL.B./LL.M. from a recognized Indian university(ii) 0–3 years PQE (Freshers may also apply)(iii) Proficiency in legal documentation

🏢 Company: Solomon & Co. 📍 Location: Mumbai 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job :Solomon & Co. has opened up applications for the position of an associate to work for their Corporate & Commercial team. Eligibility :(i) LL.B./LL.M. from a recognized Indian university(ii) 0–3 years PQE (Freshers may also apply)(iii) Proficiency in

🏢 Company: Pant & Co. 📍 Location: Mumbai 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job :Pant & Co is looking to add a Senior Associate and a Principal Associate to its Mumbai office. If your current work experience revolves around project finance (advising lenders and borrowers) across infrastructure and renewable energy projects, advising

🏢 Company: Lex Bellator 📍 Location: Delhi 💰 Stipend/Salary: ₹25,000 – ₹30,000 per month About the Job :Lex Bellator is looking for Associates. They are expanding their team in New Delhi and are looking for motivated legal professionals to join them. Eligibility :(i) LL.B./LL.M. from a recognized Indian university(ii) 1–3 years of relevant experience(iii) Proficiency

On 22 May 2026 the Delhi High Court held that Google infringes the trademark HINDWARE by letting rival sanitary ware sellers bid on that word as a Google Ads keyword. Arul Murugan’s detailed post summarizing the dispute and holdings is here. This post is more about its critique. In a rare final judgment or decree,

In a significant legislative development, the Assam Legislative Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, making Assam the first Northeastern state and the third state in India to adopt a Uniform Civil Code framework. The Bill was introduced during the inaugural session of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly and received approval on the

The concept of life imprisonment has long been a subject of judicial interpretation in India. A recurring question before courts is whether a sentence of imprisonment for life can be converted into a fixed-term sentence and, if so, under what circumstances. The Supreme Court of India recently revisited this issue in Munna Moyuddin Shaikh v.

Image from here. Salam, In the previous post, I discussed the Oxford letter, which was itself merely a response to an increasingly contentious issue: translation. Here, I turn to the broader context of nineteenth-century Indian copyright law and revisit two landmark decisions that left British publishers deeply dissatisfied, prompting a letter in response.  Translation as

Image from here. Namaskar, It is easy—and intuitive too—to suppose that Indian copyright law was nothing but British law imposed upon India. Plausible though the assumption may appear, the reality was more meandering and infinitely more intriguing. The deeper one delves, the clearer it becomes how confounding the history of Indian copyright is and how