A Legal Issues Seminar’ (LIS) was conducted by Janaki Arun, Associate, on the legality of the elusive ‘John Doe/Ashok Kumar’ Orders and website blocking injunctions. The seminar provided insight into the evolution of jurisprudence on such non-conventional injunctions, specifically, in IP litigation. The session invited interesting questions from the team on the principle of proportionality and public interest when granting such injunctions.
The presentation can be accessed here.
Led by our wonderful Managing Partner, ALG’s drive is fuelled by women power, a BIG reason behind its incredible growth and excellence. We celebrate the inspiring women of ALG all year long! Here are some fun and interesting facts about some of them–
Our Senior Associate, Dishti Titus, is not just an amazing dancer, but an avid car-racer as well.
Our Associate, Aditi Roy, clicks the best photographs and has very generously contributed photographs clicked by her to the office’s décor.
Our Associate Lekha Rayapati is a multi-talented artist – be it painting or dancing – she covers it all.
Our Associate Shreya Das is the in-house “horror” consultant – from movies to podcasts – she has got everything covered.
Our Associate Krithika Muthuraman not only sings like an angel, but also cooks some really drool-worthy, fancy dishes.
Our Associate, Nayantara Malhotra, is basically the human version of a “pop-culture” encyclopaedia.
Our Associate, Sneha Tandon, is the queen of aesthetics (we LOVE all her outfits).
Our Trainee Associate, Sannidhi Mahapatra, is a huge Potterhead and spends her spare time collecting wands, sorting hat and time turners.
Our Principal, Manavi Jain, who is still in sulk-mode after Saturday’s Arsenal game, loves getting inked and is currently on the lookout for her next tattoo.
A huge shoutout to all for being “you”, and letting us get acquainted to your wonderful self!
Happy Women’s Day!
Aishwarya Pande, Associate, lead an interesting discussion on the intellectual property implications in Virtual and Augmented Reality during this week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session. The discussion delved into the risks of intellectual property violations in the virtual world, as well as rights of users who create and store content in the virtual realm, against any in real life violations.
A Legal Issues Seminar’ (LIS) was conducted by Sannidhi Mahapatra, Trainee Associate, on issues such as related to Geographical Indications & Appellations of Origin, Associated & Series Trademark and Shape marks & Features.
The seminar particularly touched upon whether GI can be owned by private enterprises, whether fluid trademarks can be registrable as a series trademark and whether the remedy of passing off as a shape Trademark can be availed in case of design infringement.
The presentation can be accessed here.
The following intern has commenced Internship at ALG from March 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021
1. Ranjini Ghosh, Pre-Final Year Student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. She will be mentored by Dishti Titus.