January 2023

  • Forensic Analysis of Intellectual Property Infringement

    [This piece has been authored by Rahul Sethia, a student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal.] INTRODUCTION The fundamental reason for the existence of Intellectual property rights is the need to protect intangible ideas- which foster innovation, competition and harbor the spirit of inventors and creators. The power of intellectual property is such that it…

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  • Resales and Royalties: An exegesis of Section 53A of the Copyright Act

    [This piece has been authored by Mrigank Joshi, a student at the Jindal Global Law School.] Introduction A fundamental postulate of Intellectual Property Rights is due recognition and benefits to creators, innovators, and artists over tangible creations of their original ideas. The rationale behind the same is to compensate/reward people for their original contributions to the…

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  • The AIIMS Cyber-Attack and India’s Dilapidated Cyber-security Infrastructure

    [This piece has been authored by Sean McDonald, a student at the School of Law, NMIMS, Bengaluru.] ABSTRACT The blog delves into the present state of India’s poor cyber-security regime and infrastructure through the lens of the recent ransomware attack on its premier government hospital. The attack brings to light multiple perspectives relating to national security,…

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  • The Right to be Forgotten as a subset of Informational Privacy and its enforcement against private entities

    [This piece has been authored by Gaurav Pratap, a student at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow] The IT Rules for protection of Sensitive Personal Data (SPDI Rules) lays down the broad principled framework for privacy legislation, while the judicial recognition of the right to privacy and its enforcement against private entities was…

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  • Jurisdictional Hassle: Extent of CCI’s Jurisdiction in IPR Matters

    [This piece has been authored by Saumya Mittal, a student at the Gujarat National Law University.]   INTRODUCTION The inter-relation between Intellectual property rights and Competition Law has always been antithetical and is often considered inconsistent within a legal framework. If one wants to get IP rights, then there’s always a chance of abuse of that…

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  • The Possibility of Bringing NFTs under IP Law

    [This piece has been authored by Deoswaroop Gupta, a student at the KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar.] Introduction: This previously unknown form of owning digital assets has taken the world by storm in the past year, with companies and famous individuals promoting it to extract more and more value from such digital assets. As creative artistic…

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