Blogs


  • 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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  • Art for Art’s Sake? Analyzing the tryst of AI-generated art & the IP Regime

    [This piece has been authored by Niranjana Biju, a student at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi.] INTRODUCTION The brainchild of any entity (emphasis on the term “entity”) may not exist in the form of tangible property, yet it finds itself protected under the broad ambit of intellectual property law. A question may…

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  • IP FINANCING IN THE INDIAN LEGAL CONTEXT

    [This piece has been authored by Raunak Rai Maini, a student at the National Law University, Jodhpur.] Abstract This article seeks to highlight the emerging need for a statutory mechanism that could facilitate collateralization of Intellectual Property (IP) assets by traditional banks that primarily demand a tangible asset for extending credit in the backdrop of…

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  • Protecting Genetic Privacy in the Age of Rapid Acceleration

    [This piece has been authored by Vardaan Vardhan, a student at University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU.]  INTRODUCTION We live in the age of accelerating technological advancement which means that the rate at which technology is advancing and growing is exponential. Understandably, the state’s capacity to properly assess the potential risk of technology…

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  • Addressing The Conundrum Of Regulating the Metaverse In India

    [This piece has been authored by Shrestha Srivastava, a student at the Symbiosis Law School, Noida.] In the past few years, both public and corporate interest in the Metaverse has skyrocketed. In 2021, Facebook spent over $10 billion on Metaverse technology development and made it clear that it will increase its commitment to the same.…

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