Foreign investment enticed by India’s sustained rate of development sees multinationals get inventive with arbitration clauses in their commercial contracts and agreements to overcome issues of jurisdiction and
What is common between Apple, Pfizer and Michael Jordan? All three are famous brands. All three have a distinct fan following and consumer base. All three have lost
A chapter by Saif Khan and Shobhit Agarwal looking at anti-counterfeiting provisions in Indian legislation. India continues to adopt strict measures to address counterfeiting and piracy, both of
An article by Swati Sharma looking at the weight attributed by Indian courts to well-known trademarks and those imbibing trans-border reputations in determining prior users. India is one
The looting of cultural heritage is a practice as ancient as warfare itself and with the development of the world’s great civilizations, the proverbial “spoils of war” have
Counterfeiting cases are rarely contested in court but the law on the legality of parallel imports is ambiguous and hotly contested in India, as Safir Anand reports. Counterfeit
While PCT Application is a beneficial tool for patent applicants planning to obtain protection outside India, they ought to be careful in cases of filing first in India
Archana Shanker and Drishi Kaur discuss the often ambiguous requirements of section 8 of the Indian Patents Act. The disclosure of foreign filing to the Indian Patent Office
Intellectual property right holders in India are able to enforce their rights at the border, thanks to laws modelled on those suggested by the World Customs Organization, Saif
The Hague Evidence Convention has streamlined the collection of evidence in cross-border cases, say Dhruv Anand, Achuthan Sreekumar and Udita M. Patro. The Convention on the Taking of
