The Covid-19 pandemic has rendered the traditional live sports industry across the globe practically comatose.

The updated 13th edition of the Nice Classification reclassifies goods and services to streamline the trademark application and registration process.

As intellectual property disputes grow in number in India, corresponding questions arise regarding the most appropriate adjudicating authority to be approached for redress.

The Literature Nobel Prize Winner, Jose Saramago, from Portugal, is reported to have said, "Writers make national literature, while translators make universal literature."

Patents are granted for inventions that are novel and involve an inventive step.

On December 21, 2023, the Lok Sabha passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 ("PRP Bill"), revoking the colonial-era legislation of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 ("PRB Act").

Criminal contempt has been recognized as the action of publishing any matter including by words, spoken or written.1

On August 7, 2023, the Lok Sabha passed the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 to provide for the processing of digital personal data.

The coming into force of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act"), with its myriad compliances...

Legacies, while the sturdiest, are often the most vulnerable to that harsh cousin of time, change. The battle royale being played out between Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry

On December 31, 2025, the Ministry of Labour and Employment ("Ministry") released the draft rules for the implementation of the four labour codes...

Can a whisky giant own a word? Liquor heavyweight Pernod Ricard sued a competitor over the "London Pride" whisky brand.

Summary: The Indian government has notified amendments to the Indian Patents Act, 1970, which decriminalises minor offences and revises penalties. These amendments go into effect from 1 August 2024.

Traditional knowledge (TK), according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), is the knowledge, know-how, skills, and practices...

In the world of commercial contracts, astute risk management is paramount. Among the arsenal of legal tools and safeguards available to parties, the indemnity and limitation of liability clauses are vital instruments...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), vide its notification dated August 13, 2021, introduced the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) ...

Injunctions are the first resort for parties seeking to stop websites from infringing trademarks or hosting copyright-infringing data.

Summary: The Calcutta High Court in a recent case clarified important aspects pertaining to inventive step assessment and the admissibility of post-filing data.

Summary: The Delhi High Court upheld the rejection of Hirotsu Bio Science Inc.'s patent application under Section 3(i), clarifying that "diagnosis" encompasses any process revealing a disease's presence.

On 16 January 2020, the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal revoked a patent related to CRISPR/Cas9 technology ...