Prashant wrote a post about the impact of India’s biodiversity laws’ impact on scientists and businesses. After tracing the history of the biodiversity laws that we see today, he argues that the legislation should be repealed because it opens the door for arbitrary enforcement against businesses and impedes research efforts by scientists. Pankhuri informed us of the invitation for applications for the CLPR Equality Fellowship with the Centre for Law and Policy Research. The fellows will be expected to engage…

Divij analysed the approach of the Delhi HC towards intermediary liability in its recent ruling in Loreal v. Brandworld. This post is a continuation of his commentary on the same topic in a previous post on Christian Louboutin v Nakul Bajaj. In his post, he first lays out when an e-commerce platform becomes an intermediary and when it can claim safe harbour under Section 79 of the IT Act. He then goes on to conclude that the Delhi HC does not give adequate…

Rishabh recently wrote a post on a Bombay HC Order. In the order, the Court has instructed the Defendant to give prior notice of 7 days to the Plaintiff before  initiating any legal proceedings against them regarding the trademark ‘Hotel Millennium Park’. He analyses the scope of Section 142 of the Trade Marks Act and concludes that the order is outside the ambit of the Section since it prevents the Defendant from obtaining ex parte ad interim reliefs. Prof. Basheer called attention…