Impact of Brand Protection and Market Fairness: Lessons from the Girnar Case
Understanding Deceptive Similarity in Trademark Law This legal framework extends beyond being merely similar in appearance-it indeed encompasses only phonetic, structural or conceptual similarity that might potentially deceive an average consumer suffering from imperfect memory. This is the reasoning that finds courts consistently holding that in deceptive similarity cases, the test is one of probability … Continue reading Impact of Brand Protection and Market Fairness: Lessons from the Girnar Case
Read more »Cyber Laws and Recent Developments
In current times, artificial intelligence and other technologies have made everyday life relatively easier. However, regulation of the online space has become an indispensable domain. As India takes strides in developing its technologies under the “Digital India” initiative, a robust legal ecosystem must be established in the country to defend individuals, businesses, and society from … Continue reading Cyber Laws and Recent Developments
Read more »State Sovereignty in The Contemporary World
INTRODUCTORY ANALYSIS The very notion of sovereignty is, by its nature, closely related to the birth and growth of the modern nation-state system. The Westphalian model of international relations, dating back to the 17th century, had definitely established the concept of state sovereignty as the basis of the international order. The Westphalian model, that placed … Continue reading State Sovereignty in The Contemporary World
Read more »Section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act: Navigating Software Patents and Innovation
The Committee observes that the importance and value of innovative technologies like AI and machine learning will grow exponentially in the current world, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, in which digital applications will play a critical role in reacting to the crises. Furthermore, the enormous advantages of AI and its uses in Indias income generation … Continue reading Section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act: Navigating Software Patents and Innovation
Read more »Navigating Patentability: Metaverse Inventions Under the Indian Patent Act
Industrial Relevance As defined under Section 2(1)(ac), Indian Patents Act, industrial application means any invention or discovery which may be used or adapted for manufacture in any industry including agriculture. Patent applications related to the Metaverse should explain how the invention works in practice, demonstrating a practical application beyond just theoretical principles of industry in … Continue reading Navigating Patentability: Metaverse Inventions Under the Indian Patent Act
Read more »The Fire Tragedy at Jhansi Medical College : A Call for Urgent Reforms in Hospital Fire Safety Standards
Introduction A fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Jhansi Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, on November 15, 2024. Eleven infants died in the blaze-10 from burns and asphyxiation and one from unrelated pre-existing medical conditions. It put the nation in shock,and put forward questions on safety standards,negligence,and accountability in hospitals. While … Continue reading The Fire Tragedy at Jhansi Medical College : A Call for Urgent Reforms in Hospital Fire Safety Standards
Read more »Patents and Software Innovations: Global Perspectives
INTRODUCTION It has always been a gray area especially when it comes to relation between patents and software developments. As for the latter, there have been different solutions striving to solve the same on a worldwide level. Various nation-states, on some level, have embraced or rejected the desirability patentability of software innovations. For example, the … Continue reading Patents and Software Innovations: Global Perspectives
Read more »Rera – The Guardian of Property Buyer
INTRODUCTION Real Estate Regulatory Authority is an act aimed to protect the interests of buyers. Like all other have fields have legislation to regulate it, real estate also needed a proper legislation. A normal person spends his hard-earned money in real estate and it is the duty of the state to give protection to all … Continue reading Rera – The Guardian of Property Buyer
Read more »Protecting Trade Secrets In India: What Laws To Take Help?
INTRODUCTION On sometimes, one finds dinner recipes that seem to employ basic items. The dish, however, would be referred to as a secret recipe by the chef. Why keep it a secret when the ingredients are so widely available? When utilised for business, the amounts of ingredients and the method of making a certain meal … Continue reading Protecting Trade Secrets In India: What Laws To Take Help?
Read more »Analysing the Demonetization Judgment by Supreme Court of India
Introduction On 2nd January, 2023 the hon’ble Supreme Court of India gave its landmark judgment on the validation of the demonetization which took place in the year 2016, by the NDA government. The matter was heard on the basis of the group of petitions filed, as against the impugned decision of the government[i]. The Supreme … Continue reading Analysing the Demonetization Judgment by Supreme Court of India
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