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  • Navigating Indian Copyright Framework in the Age of AI generated Works

    (This article is written by Shashank Tripathi, III-Year Student at The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala) INTRODUCTION Imagine losing an art competition to an artwork made by an Artificial Intelligence program that turns lines of text into hyper-realistic graphics. Human artists were left infuriated when the Colorado State Fair awarded Jason M. Allen with a…

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  • High Court and Jurisdictional Conundrum Vis-à-vis the Trademarks Act

    This piece has been authored by Prabhu Gupta (III year Student, Hidayatullah National Law University) In this article, the author examines recent conundrums caused in the Trademarks Act post the enactment of the Tribunal Reforms Act passed by the Parliament in 2021 which amended various statutes and inter alia, abolished the Intellectual Property Appellate Board…

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  • Law and ‘Odor’: Establishing a Case for Olfactory Marks in Indian IP Landscape

    This post is authored by Tejaswini Kaushal, a 3rd-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow 1.     Introduction “If you’re looking for a cheap dupe to a designer perfume, below we’ve got a list of great fragrance twins that are every bit as good as their pricey counterparts…” claimed an…

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  • Unleashing the Copyright Protection Jedi: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dynamic Injunctions

    (This post has been authored by Tejaswini Kaushal, a 3rd-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow 1.     Safeguarding Creative Works in the Digital Age: A Paradigm Shift in Enforcement Amid User Generated Content (UGC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Indian copyright holders face an uphill battle, grappling with unauthorized content…

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  • The Doctrine of Laches in Copyright vs Patent Law: Analysis through the Lens of USA’s Legal Framework

    [This piece has been authored by Ishita Chandra, a student at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University, Sonepat, Haryana.]   INTRODUCTION It is a fundamental principle of administration of justice that the courts will aid those who are vigilant and who do not sleep on their rights. Claims which have been delayed unreasonably in being…

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  • Gene Patents Across Borders: A Global Outlook

    [This piece has been authored by Dhairya Kumar and Manas, students at the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.]   Introduction: The fundamental structural and operational component of heredity is a gene. DNA-based genes serve as instructions for creating proteins, which are molecules. Every gene is present in two copies, one from each parent,…

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  • Intermediary Liability in Copyright claim over User-Generated Content

    [This piece has been authored by Sanidhya Bajpai, a student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow.]   Introduction The age of social media and YouTube has also created a community of content creators by default. The act of creating and sharing content on the internet has become common parlance. The advent of social…

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  • Tech vs Privacy: The Need For Trade-off

    [This piece has been authored by Saurabh Sinha, an independent researcher in New Delhi.]   Introduction On August 25, 2022, The Delhi High Court rejected an appeal by WhatsApp and Facebook against the Competition Commission of India’s order for a probe into the updated privacy policy of WhatsApp. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is…

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