The Reserve Bank of India allowed branches and overseas subsidiaries of Indian banks to sell structured financial and derivative products.

The Government has issued the Press Note No. 10 on 3rd December, 2014 amending the FDI policy regarding Construction Development Sector.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes have issued a circular w.r.t relaxation of norms relating to Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) for the Corporate Debtors against whom the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) has been initiated...

The Bombay High Court dismissed a challenge by Bayer AG against a decision to allow Natco Pharma Ltd to manufacture and sell a generic copy of a patent-protected cancer drug.

The Delhi High Court restrained Procter & Gamble subsidiary from using the trademark "all around protection" and "all-rounder".

The Copyrights Office of India has started the facility of online filing of Copyright applications.

The think tank constituted by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) came up with the first draft of National IPR policy.

IPAB – Process Flow Chart

The aim of the draft guidelines is to include all areas of technology and reflect the office practice so as to achieve greater transparency in its working procedure.

On 1st September 2014, IPO published their revised guidelines for the examination of patent applications in the field of pharmaceuticals.

Recently the Ld. Controller of Patents, Design and Trademarks has issued a notification regarding the new system for auto allotment and paperless examination report only.

On August 1, 2014 the government introduced certain amendments in Trademarks Rules 2002.

Karnataka HC stated that the prospectus offered by universities and educational institutions is not a book or a periodical.

Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular No. 04/2015 has clarified that loans and/or advances made by the Companies to their employees are not governed by the requirements of section 186 of the Companies Act 2013.

According to the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act an Annual return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets is required to be submitted by all the India resident companies.

The Bombay High Court ruled that the president of a trust operating a hospital, equipped with a sonography facility, must be responsible for any irregularities or inaccuracies in the records required to be maintained under the law prohibiting pre-natal sex discernment tests.

On 3rd January 2018, the Board has directed that the Insolvency Professional in all his communications, whether by way of public announcement or otherwise to a stakeholder or to an authority, shall prominently state...

An Insolvency Professional shall exercise reasonable care and diligence and take all necessary steps to ensure that the corporate person undergoing any process under the Code complies with the applicable laws.

The Honorable secretary of the department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Mr. Amitabh Kant said during an Indo German Round Table that the government would be unveiling a completely new IPR Policy...

Vide circular dated 22.01.2014 CBDT has specified Foreign Portfolio Investors registered under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014.