THE TURMERIC CASE On March 28, 1995 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a patent (US 5401504) to two expatriate Indians of the University of Mississippi Medical Centre for a method of promoting healing of a wound by administering turmeric to a patient afflicted with the wound. Turmeric is a plant yielding […]
“Here’s a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet we have imposed upon people restrictions, on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.” -Benjamin Carson In India, […]
The term unfair labour trade practices, though has been heard very much as the part and parcel of labour laws throughout the world, is still a grey area where very little thought and study has been put into and the said statement is of high relevance, when one looks into the wide expanse of the […]
Well-known trade and service marks enjoy in most countries protection against signs which are considered a reproduction, imitation or translation of that mark provided that they are likely to cause confusion in the relevant sector of the public. Well-known marks are usually protected, irrespective of whether they are registered or not, in respect of goods […]
The criminal justice system of a nation can only be as strong and efficient as the statutes governing such law are. The statutes that form the backbone of such system can be divided into two sub-categories: the substantive and the procedural. The Indian Penal Code forms the majority of the former category. With the IPC […]
There is a reason that people say “It is best you consult a lawyer on this matter as soon as possible” whenever there has been an injury to a person. It is common knowledge that one cannot file acomplaint on a matter that happened a decade ago, as there is alimitation that is put on […]
The world, including India is undergoing much changes and critical in consideration with regard to the insolvency and bankruptcy laws which are very vital to be analysed and recorded by everyone on the affecting end. The India code is apparently due for another set of certain amendments and given the current judicial and legislative processes, […]
All organizations rely on the use of information in their daily work. For this reason, organizations need to ensure that their information assets i.e. any piece of data which has value to the organization, such as an employee record, analysis reports, financial data, trade secrets, contracts, etc., are suitably protected. This is a key objective […]
It was once said by a very wise man and accepted by wiser minds later that ‘peace’ and ‘resolution’ is the real need of the world and it is also the key that shall take us towards development and growth. We see diversified nations today coming together with deals and settlements through the alternate means […]
Since the Liberalisation and privatisation of the Indian Economy in the 1990s, the amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has only grown. The recent trends in the investment market where all the major players are aiming at getting a share in the local markets, India is proved to be one of the most welcoming economies […]
The digital innovation in the world is reaching new heights by bringing new innovations every day One such innovation is the invention of drones. Drones since their inception have been put into numerous uses and the field of drone technology has been only pushing to its limit ever since. Now drones are used for defence […]
In today’s techno-savvy environment, the world around us is becoming more and more digitally sophisticated and so are the crimes. Internet was initially developed as a research and information sharing tool and was in an unregulated manner. As time passed by it became more transactional with e-business, e-commerce, e-governance, and e-procurement, etc. All legal issues […]
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