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Ranjan Narula, Abhishek Nangia and Daleep Kumar of RNA Technology and IP Attorneys take a look at how the Advertising Standards Council of India has been addressing the advertising ecosystem in India
Virtual digital assets, including crypto and NFTs, are on the rise in India. Ranjan Narula, Abhishek Nangia and Daleep Kumar of RNA Technology and IP Attorneys examine the new ASCI guidelines regulating their advertising
May 25 2021 Britannia Industries (Britannia) that holds 30% of the organised biscuit market in India, is aggrieved by a relatively new competitor, ITC Ltd’s (ITC) use of digestive biscuit packaging sold under the brand name ‘Sunfeast Farmlite’. The trade dress and packaging of two variants of digestive biscuits sold by ITC were disputed before the Delhi High Court. The product packaging of rival brands is appended below. The court noted that the dispute between ‘Nutri Choice Digestive’ and ‘Sunfeast Farmlite 5-Seed Digestive’ was on pillow packaging. In t...
April 15 2021 In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India, in the context of a tax dispute concerning the role and rights of an Indian distributor vis-à-vis foreign software owner, has opined that: Distribution of software to distributor/end user will not constitute grant of an interest in copyright in it; and It only grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to resell computer software. The tax department sought to classify such a sale under ‘royalty’ payable on account of software sale to resident/s by non-resident companies. The companies i...
New bill proposes the abolition of Indiaâs troubled IPAB 16-02-2021 More on this story 01-04-2013 A new draft bill from India’s Union Finance Minister proposes the closure of the country's Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). As first reported by SpicyIP, The Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill 2021, proposed by Nirmala Sitharaman and printed on February 12, suggests the abolition of the board and the transfer of its responsibilities to the commercial and high courts. “With a view to streamline tribunals, the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 is prop...