By YOGESH PAI Since October 2020, India and South Africa, joined by two-thirds of the WTO Members (African Group, LDCs and most of the developing world) have been actively pursuing other developed country Members to agree to their request to …
Shutting Sci-Hub is Not Anti-Science: Courts, Government and the Parliament Must Explore Alternative Remedies (Part II)
Yogesh Pai Continues from Part 1. Courts must institute ongoing royalties as an alternative remedy Apart from providing exclusive control over supply of works, copyright law serves to preserve the metering function in exploitation and use of works. The argument …
Shutting Sci-Hub is Not Anti-Science: Courts, Government and the Parliament Must Explore Alternative Remedies (Part I)
By Yogesh Pai A recent civil suit at the Delhi High Court by publishers (Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society) to permanently block popular shadow libraries (i.e. pirate websites) like Sci-Hub and Libgen has drawn an expected backlash from civil …
What could have been the possible intentions behind Disney’s tweet? – Part 3
Karthik Subramaniam and Shrudula Murthy Disney is one of the largest media organisations in the world having companies such as Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, National Geographic and ESPN under their umbrella. While they do ensure that they have the highest …
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Did the tweet put forward by Disney lead to the creation of a binding contract between them and other twitter users who used the hashtag?: Part 2
Karthik Subramaniam and Shrudula Murthy A contract is an agreement between two parties, that might either be oral or in writing, which creates mutual legal obligations between each other. A contract is extremely important in any business transaction as …
The Disney Hashtag Saga: How did they cause a disturbance in the force? : Part 1
Karthik Subramaniam and Shrudula Murthy Disney has been caught up in a storm again. Star Wars fans across the world have been expressing their frustration against Disney with reference to a particular tweet floated out by them. What exactly …
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An Evidence-Based Analysis of Relevant Market- The Case of Ridesharing in Delhi-National Capital Region (India)
By: Amol Kulkarni[1], Swasti Gupta[2] , Parveer Singh Ghuman and Ujjwal Kumar[3] Introduction Globally, digitalization is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Rapid internet revolution has made multi-sided platforms (MSPs) ubiquitous in our modern economy. In India, ride sharing within urban …
Has the Supreme Court Changed Below-Cost Pricing to Predatory Pricing?
Soham Goswami The Supreme Court of India has passed an order dismissing the appeal against the erstwhile Competition Appellate Tribunal’s (“COMPAT”) decision in Meru Travel Solutions Pvt. Ltd. v Competition Commission of India.[1] Vide judgement dated 3 September 2019, Rohinton …
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L2Pro India IP e-learning Platform Launch on 14th October, 2019 at Udyog Bhawan, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), NLU Delhi on Monday, 14th October, announced the launch of the L2Pro India IP e-learning platform in collaboration with Cell for IPR Promotion & Management (CIPAM), DPIIT, Government of India and Qualcomm …
Intellectual Property, Regulation and Competition: Standards, Tech-Licensing and Global Value Chains in The Hi-Tech Industries- A presentation by CIIPC co-director
Yogesh Pai, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director, CIIPC at NLU Delhi in a session on ‘Developing the Linkages between Technology Policy and Other Policies: Thinking in Technology’ spoke on ‘Intellectual Property, Regulation and Competition: Standards, Tech-Licensing and Global Value …
