Gibson Dunn advised the underwriters in UPS’s $4 billion and $170 million senior notes offerings Gibson Dunn advised the underwriters in United Parcel Service’s (UPS) $4 billion offering of senior notes, comprising: $500 million 4.650% senior notes due 2030 $1.25 billion 5.250% senior notes due 2035 $1.25 billion 5.950% senior notes due 2055 $1 billion
... Continue Reading.S&R Associates Represented Bertelsmann India Investments In USD 21 Million Series B Investment In CureBay Technologies
S&R Associates represented Bertelsmann India Investments in USD 21 Million Series B Investment in CureBay Technologies S&R Associates represented Bertelsmann India Investments in its lead investment in CureBay Technologies, a technology-enabled hybrid healthcare platform, as part of a USD 21 million Series B funding round. The round also involved British International Investment and Elevar Equity.
... Continue Reading.Akin Advised Pharmakon On Its Debt Financing For Optinose’s Sale To Paratek Pharmaceuticals
Akin advised Pharmakon on its debt financing for Optinose’s sale to Paratek Pharmaceuticals Akin advised Pharmakon Advisors, LP and its investment funds in providing, alongside other lenders including funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., debt financing for the acquisition of Optinose, Inc. and its product, XHANCE® (fluticasone propionate), by Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately
... Continue Reading.Patent Quality and Performance Metrics: More is not better! (Part I)
The word ‘patent quality’, when heard for the first time, sounds a bit mysterious and esoteric. A close friend of mine, when I told her my next post is on patent quality, she was a bit lost and asked me, “What does patent quality mean?” Yet, patent quality has been a hotly debated topic and
... Continue Reading.Gibson Dunn Advised GCL And ATL Partners On GCL’s Sale To Providence Equity Partners
Gibson Dunn advised GCL and ATL Partners on GCL’s sale to Providence Equity Partners Gibson Dunn advised GCL, a global leader in live events and luxury goods specialty logistics, and ATL Partners on the sale of GCL to Providence Equity Partners. Providence, a premier private equity firm with extensive experience in the entertainment and media
... Continue Reading.Khaitan & Co Advised KPIT Technologies On The Acquisition Of Caresoft’s Global Engineering Solutions Business
Khaitan & Co advised KPIT Technologies on the acquisition of Caresoft’s Global Engineering Solutions Business Khaitan & Co advised KPIT Technologies Limited (India) and its subsidiaries KPIT Technologies Inc. (United States) and KPIT Technologies (UK) Limited in relation to the acquisition of Caresoft’s Global Engineering Solutions Business through a 100% acquisition of Caresoft Global Technologies,
... Continue Reading.Patent Quality and Performance Metrics: More is not better! (Part II)
Continuing my discussion from the first part of this post, in this post, I will examine the performance metrics put in place by IPO and try to calculate the number of hours available for an Examiner and the Controller to complete a task and how even with generous assumptions, it is clear that the current
... Continue Reading.How Indian States Regulate Gambling Differently
In 2021, an estimated 40% of internet users in India gambled online in some capacity. Four years later, it’s safe to assume that this number has only grown based on the industry’s increasing presence and immense global growth. But tracking gambling in India, particularly online gambling, isn’t straightforward. The country’s gambling laws comprise a patchwork
... Continue Reading.Khaitan & Co Advised Triton Partners On The Sale Of FläktGroup To Samsung Electronics
Khaitan & Co advised Triton Partners on the sale of FläktGroup to Samsung Electronics Khaitan & Co advised investment funds managed by Triton Partners on the sale of FläktGroup, including the indirect sale of its Indian subsidiary, FläktGroup India Private Limited, to Samsung Electronics Company Limited for EUR 1.5 billion (equivalent to an enterprise value
... Continue Reading.Phonetic similarity alone could be sufficient to establish deceptive similarity
Phonetic similarity alone could be sufficient to establish deceptive similarity Introduction: The case of K.R. Chinna Krishna Chettiar vs. Sri Ambal & Co., Madras & Anr., decided by the Supreme Court of India on April 14, 1969, is a landmark judgment concerning trademark law, particularly regarding phonetic similarity and deceptive resemblance. The appellant, K.R. Chinna
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