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Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Centralized Alternative
[This post has been authored by Sri Hari Mangalam, a student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Science.] Introduction The Supreme Court recently lifted the blanket ban imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on the use of cryptocurrency exchanges in the country. The Court held that digitized currencies present no visible damage…
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Revised Non-Personal Data Governance Framework and India’s IPR Regime: An Inefficient Revision?
[This piece was authored by Kshitiz Jain and Satvik Mishra, students at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law.] Introduction In September 2019, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology constituted a committee led by Kris Gopalakrishnan (“Committee“) to prepare a report on the Non-Personal Data (“NPD“) Governance Framework. The Committee proposed its first report…
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Chipping Away at Encryption – Bit by Bit
[This post has been authored by Simrandeep Singh and Shambhavi Sharma, students at the Tamil Nadu National Law University.] Imagine wanting to simply lock your house and leave but the government keeps you from doing so unless an additional key is provided to them. This is exactly what the government has repeatedly attempted to do…
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Right to be Forgotten: A Necessity for Progressive Realization of Rights
[This post has been authored by Bitthal Sharma, a student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala.] Introduction The Right to be Forgotten (RTBF), which was recognized by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the seminal case of Google Spain v. AEPD and Costeja Gonzalez has emerged as a strong pillar for…
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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?
[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,…
