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2 December 2020
intellectual property infringement
Spotlight

Protection in paralysis

How can IP owners tackle infringement activity that has dramatically risen during the pandemic?

Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, Disinvestment
Features

Destination disinvestment?

Will India's new privatization drive succeed where earlier attempts failed?

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IBLJ Featured

Moving targets

Delhi High Court has started to issue dynamic injunctions against IP infringers

compulsory licensing
Features

Profit v losses

Covid-19 vaccine pits IP rights against universal access

virtual courts online dispute resolutions
Intelligence report

All rise

Is enough being done to make virtual courts accessible and effective?

Freny Patel reports, Vodafone,Indian government
Features

Billions on the line

Does Vodafone award cut off India's huge back tax claim?

NEWS

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FEATURES

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Spotlight

Will it work?

The government is working to implement newly codified labour laws, but how will they fare in a transformed working environment? Ragini Rastogi reports
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IBLJ Featured

Moving targets

With IP infringers shifting pirated content to mirror websites following takedown orders, Delhi High Court has started allowing dynamic injunctions to block new means of broadcasting the material
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compulsory licensing
Features

Profit v losses

As an elusive covid-19 vaccine draws closer, big pharma is licking its lips at the monetary potential of what could be a virtually limitless ongoing global demand. But governments may use compulsory licensing regulation to tilt the scale towards affordability as the death toll escalates
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intellectual property infringement
Spotlight

Protection in paralysis

With India’s legal enforcement machinery neutralised by lockdown, infringement activity has climbed to an all-time high. What can IP owners do to stay afloat?
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Intelligence report

Crisis point

Faced with the greatest challenge in recent memory, law firms are ripping up the rule book in their battle for survival
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Freny Patel reports, Vodafone,Indian government
Features

Billions on the line

Vodafone has won a crucial arbitration award on huge tax demands, but can the government afford to let this dispute go?
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virtual courts online dispute resolutions
Intelligence report

All rise

Advocates and court administrators are navigating the technology and direction of virtual courts like never before, but is enough being done to make these forums smooth and accessible?
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Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, Disinvestment
Features

Destination disinvestment?

Selling off public sector enterprises could be the key to strengthening a sluggish economy. Will a new privatization drive succeed where earlier attempts have failed?
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IBLJ Featured

Evolving doors

A reluctance to opt for litigation during the pandemic has seen new opportunities for arbitrators and other alternative dispute resolution practitioners
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VANTAGE POINT

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Reimagining INTA

The CEO of the International Trademark Association, Etienne Sanz de Acedo, talks to Asia Business Law Journal about his reinvention of the global flagship INTA Annual Meeting event with a bold move to the virtual sphere in this pandemic year
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Nitin Mittal, General counsel,Signify, pandemic
Vantage point

A metamorphosis

The disruptive effects of the pandemic have prompted in-house counsel to evolve or be rendered irrelevant
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Vantage point

The courts fight back

In a very short span of time India’s courts have adapted to working during the pandemic, and the lessons learned during this time will be used to increase efficiency and productivity of the judicial system
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    A feud brews over a coffee trademark claim

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    Domain registrars and banks held accountable

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    EXPERT BRIEFINGS

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    Gauging substantive similarity in software copyright disputes

    By Chen Jing, Commerce & Finance Law Offices
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    Enforcements add a new dimension to M&A

    Acquisitions through enforcement of pledged shares have become a feasible route, with courts playing a supportive role
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    New era for justice delivery

    Despite the flaws, the advantages of virtual courts mean they should continue even after the pandemic has abated
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    Left without remedy

    Creditors are in need of a credible mechanism for the resolution of covid-19-related distress until the suspension of the corporate insolvency resolution process is in place
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    Keeping in step with the times

    Patent offices and courts have introduced proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 lockdown
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    COVID-19: Business as usual

    Despite the disruption created by the lockdown, Remfry & Sagar has been providing real-time updates on IP matters to clients
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    INTELLIGENCE REPORTS

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    Crisis point

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    All rise

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    The leading international law firms for India-related matters
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    A tool for financial trouble

    Widely reported troubles at Yes Bank, IL&FS, DHFL and others have exposed inadequacies in the insolvency resolution regime for distressed banking and finance companies. Mohit Shukla, the legal head of Barclays India, argues that now is a perfect time to introduce a new composite code to address these shortcomings and rebuild public trust
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    Indian Law Firm Awards 2020

    In this difficult and dynamic environment, India Business Law Journal’s editorial team was once again tasked with selecting the winners of the Indian Law Firm Awards. Our decisions are based on thousands of nominations and endorsements received from in-house counsel, other senior corporate executives and legal professionals around the world, as well as hundreds of submissions from Indian law firms
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    Diversity adversity

    Supreme Court Justices Dhananjaya Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi recently passed a ruling that enables women officers to serve as army commanders. The court also granted women officers the right to extended permanent service – a privilege that previously applied only to men. While the order affords women army officers the rights they deserved long ago, it does not fix overnight the backward views and stubborn stereotypes that persist within the corridors of power, be it those in the army or elsewhere.
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    Google Leegle

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    IP profit v human loss

    Big pharma is racing to find covid-19 vaccines in the hope of profiting from a virtually limitless global demand, but governments are likely to step in to tilt the scale
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    Navigating the Channel Islands

    Offshore jurisdictions are facing regulatory challenges and growing onshore competition, but the Channel Islands seems to be bucking the trend
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    The EU removed the Cayman Islands from its blacklist of tax havens in October, after the British overseas territory was named a non-cooperative jurisdiction for tax purposes. Did the blacklist affect its business or reputation?
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    Harbouring ambitions

    With the new limited partnership fund legislation Hong Kong is showing its intent to lure asset managers away from their favoured offshore jurisdictions and anchor them in the city
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