By, Vivan Jhaveri and Nayanikaa Shukla INTRODUCTION Mark Mallia would never have comprehended that of the minds that would try to recreate his work one among them would be artificial. Recently, a robot named Universal Machine Artist (“UMA”) has made… Continue Reading →
By, Yash Raj The Hon’ble Delhi High Court recently through a Single Judge Bench of Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.R. Midha in the case of Intellectual Property Attorneys Association v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks[1] arising… Continue Reading →
By, Vasu Manchanda Introduction The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 entails the burden of proof and its onus on the plaintiff. According to Section 101 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the burden to prove the existence of the claimed… Continue Reading →
By, Saransh Chaturvedi The adoption of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which formed part of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, established a minimum level of protection with respect to various forms of… Continue Reading →
By, Nidhisha Garg On July 1, 2019, the High Court of Delhi delivered a significant ruling in the case of MRF Limited v. Metro Tyres Limited which has reconsidered the position with respect to the test for identifying copyright infringement… Continue Reading →
By, Urshila Pandit & Sanah Javed Justice Peckham in the case of United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association[i] appositely stated “Nor is it for the substantial interests of the country that any one commodity should be within the sole power and subject… Continue Reading →
By, Harsh Singh & Arpita Saini INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment on 1 April 2013 with the Novartis AG v. Union of India[i] case, in an appeal brought by Novartis, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical giant. The… Continue Reading →
By, Manasvi Sharma Of all the things Disney does, one of the things it probably does the best is marketing. With Frozen II hitting the theatres in November 2019 and entering the million-dollar club at Global Box Office,[1] the marketing… Continue Reading →
By, Ananya Sivadas In 2012, an amendment was made to the Copyright Act, 1957 introducing the highly disputed Section 31D giving effect to statutory license for broadcasting of literary and musical works and sound recording. The ambiguity that surrounds this… Continue Reading →
By, Mayank Barman Known by names such as “Grey market imports” or “reimports”, parallel imports refer to the transnational distribution of goods produced legally. They are protected by Intellectual Property Rights such as Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights. There is nothing… Continue Reading →