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  • Social Media Influencer: An Underdeveloped Concept in India

    [This post has been authored by Vivek Sharma, a student at ILS Law College, Pune.]   “The Defendant is falling under a nascent category of individuals, popularly known as “social media influencers” – J. Kathawala.[i] This is a sentence from a debated judgment pronounced by a single judge bench of the Bombay High Court which […]

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  • OTT Regulation: A Need for Modern Day Entertainment

    [This post has been authored by Kinjal Keya and Aditya Pratap Singh, students at the Chanakya National Law University, Patna.] Introduction In the modern-day and age, Over-the-top (“OTT“) video service platforms have become an indispensable part of our lives. Through this blog, the authors shall emphasize the multifaceted and adverse consequences of the unregulated functioning […]

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  • Patenting Issues for Covid-19 Antibodies in India

    [This post has been authored by Debaditya Duttagupta, a student at the National Law University, Odisha.] Introduction There are more than 100 COVID-19 treatments in various stages of trials, approval and rollout across the world with antibody treatments are becoming one of the most popular drugs. Accordingly, one of the top-selling drugs of 2019 was […]

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  • Reasonable Royalty Base: The Never-Ending Dilemma in Licensing of SEPs

    [This post has been authored by Pranay Dixit and Daanish Dube, students at Jindal Global Law School.] Introduction Since the 1990s, the Internet of Things (“IoT”) has been largely facilitated by the evolution of Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs” ). SEPs can be defined as patents that are essential to the implementation of a particular industry […]

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  • Standardizing the Debate over Genetically Modified Foods for the Citizenry: Some Perspectives

    [This post has been authored by Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui, Senior Research Fellow and PhD Candidate in International Law at the Centre for Postgraduate Legal Studies, Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University and Nishant Sirohi, a Law and Society Fellow, Tandem Research and MPhil Candidate in Theory and Practice of Human Rights at the […]

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  • John Doe Orders and Website Blocking Orders in India: An Overboard Exercise by the Courts?

    John Doe Orders and Website Blocking Orders in India: An Overboard Exercise by the Courts?

    [This post has been authored by Neha Uppin, a student at the National Law University, Odisha.] Introduction Online Piracy of copyrighted works is at an all-time high in this digital era. We have seen instances of latest movies being illegally streamed on the internet right after their theatrical release. In order to curb this menace, […]

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  • The Exigency of Anti-Troll Laws in India: A Critical Analysis

    The Exigency of Anti-Troll Laws in India: A Critical Analysis

    [This post has been authored by Amartya Sahastranshu Singh and Kumar Dhruv, students at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.] Recently, Tanishq released an advertisement that mustered up colossal outrage on social media. The advertisement showed a pregnant Hindu woman, married into a Muslim family who was performing a Hindu ritual […]

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  • FTC v. Qualcomm: A Flawed Judgement?

    FTC v. Qualcomm: A Flawed Judgement?

    [This post has been authored by Daanish Dube and Pranay Dixit, students at Jindal Global Law School.] Factual Background On 9th August 2020, the 9th Circuit Federal Court of the United States (the “Court”) gave a decision involving the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and arguably, the world’s biggest tech giant – Qualcomm Inc. According to […]

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