Delhi High Court Judges: Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Applicable law: Copyright Act, 1957 Did you know: ‘Meta-Data’ is like a digital footprint, which allows a person to assess what tools and code have been used to develop a particular website Where it all began: Drug Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of Ayurvedic […]
Supreme Court of India Judges: Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar Applicable law: Sections 2(k) and 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and Section 70 of the I.T. Act Did you know: The government is empowered to declare any computer system as a protected system under the IT Act. Such declaration prohibits any person […]
Before analysing the role of precedent in the development of law and society, it is important to understand what constitutes a precedent. According to Gray, it “covers everything said or done which furnished a rule for subsequent practice”[1]. According to Keeton, it is a “judicial decision to which authority has in some measure been attached”.[2] […]
‘Right to be forgotten’ is the claim of an individual to have any data pertaining to him deleted, with no trace. The foundation of this right was laid by the European Court of Justice in its 2014 judgement in Google Spain SL v/s Agencia Española de Protección de Datos & Mario Costeja Gonzalez[1], wherein it […]
Social Media has for long been considered the fourth pillar of democracy owing to its potential to not just report what is happening around the world but to build a public opinion about the ongoing issues. The term ‘democracy’ implies the participation of people. Media facilitates this participation. The emergence of social media, however, has […]
More and more businesses organizations are becoming dependent on technology, and most of the data and information is being stored online. The development of storage technologies and computing resources, which are reasonably priced, provide more storage on demand, and are ubiquitously located, became inevitable. Cloud computing is the product of such technological development. In simple […]
The current legal regime governing the telecommunications sector in the United Kingdom (UK) comprises primarily of two laws: The Communication Act of 2003[1], and The Wireless Telegraphy Act of 2006[2] Before the 2003 Act was enacted, the Director-General of Telecommunication (DGT) was established as the independent regulatory authority under the Telecommunication Act, 1984. However, the […]
Life and personal liberty can be considered as inalienable rights which an individual enjoys by virtue of being a human. These rights are inseparable from a dignified human existence.[1] According to J S Mill, “privacy is an aspect of liberty grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive human being”.[2] It exists in […]
By: Mahima Bheemaiah What is an IPO? Most companies that kick off their business starts with a limited source of capital and resources, but soon these companies over a period of time grow into a sustainable business and will need more capital to expand and to grow their business. These funds can be raised through […]
By: Syeda Fauzia Introduction: What are Intellectual property Rights? Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) would refer to anything and everything that is the conception of the human mind which creates an exclusive right bestowed upon the person over the creations of their intellect. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “intellectual property is an intangible property as a […]
Individuals today live in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It permeates our lives in numerous ways, either directly or indirectly, by performing tasks that, until quite recently, could only be performed by a human with specialized knowledge and training. Some of the examples of the use of AI in our daily lives include spam […]
In order to address the issues posed by cyberspace in the present day, few scholars have contended that it should not be regulated at all, as any form of regulation might stifle the unfettered potential for growth in cyberspace. These arguments rely on the fact that over a period of time, cyberspace as well as […]
