A ‘Legal Issues Seminar’ (LIS) was conducted by Shreya Das, Associate, on issues relating to IP Taxation, Parody, Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.

The seminar particularly touched upon taxation in case of licensing of IP Rights and whether it is to taxed as capital or revenue expenditure, satire and parody and why the two should not be evaluated at the same parameter in a copyright infringement case, and how to protect confidential information/trade secrets in the absence of any agreements.

The presentation can be accessed here.

During last week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session, Shreya Das, Associate, lead a discussion on the topic “Calculation of damages in IP matters- Do we need a fixed set of guidelines to calculate damages?”. The session saw active discussion on the aspect of types of evidence required for calculation of goodwill and reputation, calculation of damages for loss of goodwill and reputation and whether the practice of awarding double and treble damages should be applied in all IP infringement cases.

This World Autism Awareness Day, we at ALG pledge our support in realizing United Nation’s goal to build a more inclusive and accessible world for all people. Being an equal-opportunity-for-all workplace, we’re constantly listening, learning and unlearning to further our efforts in creating a practical, realistic and enabling work environment for all, including persons on the autism spectrum. Our new “choose where you work from” policy has brought us a step closer to achieving this goal.

We believe conversations are an important yet an underutilized tool in building a more inclusive world for all. Today, we wish to share a show recommendation with you all just to do that – to start a conversation. The show, titled ‘Atypical’, is about Sam – a teenager on the autism spectrum. The show streams on Netflix, and has our heart.

For further reading on World Autism Awareness Day, please visit https://www.un.org/en/observances/autism-day

Interns Ashay Kaushik, Ankita Panwar (Final Year) and Ujjawal Bhargava (Pre-Final Year) have commenced their General IP Internship with the firm’s law practice.

We hope their stay in the firm during the 4 week period of their internship will be mutually enriching and that the firm and they will learn exciting things from each other!