A ‘Legal Issues Seminar’ was conducted by Hardik Choudhary, Trainee Associate, on Legal Issues in third-party licensing and collecting companies under the Copyright Act, 1957. The seminar touched upon legality of such entities under the Act, and the exemptions of agency and assignment claimed by them towards avoiding registration as a Copyright Society.

Our first session for the year saw questions from the team on whether claiming such exemptions are circumventing of Section 33 of the Act, the differing interpretation of Sections 18, 30 and 33 of the Act by Courts, the purpose of registration of Copyright Societies, etc.

The presentation can be accessed here.

ALG Attorneys gathered online to bid farewell to 2020 and usher in the new year. Each attorney shared a significant photograph they clicked last year (see a collage of all photos below), a positive development/memory from last year as well their resolution for 2021. Based on these, there was a guessing game for who had sent what, which led to many insights, laughs and revelations. The spirited team then raised a toast to all the positive memories from last year and to a healthier and happier 2021!

ALG’s Dishti Titus, a member of the FICCI IP Forum has been invited to speak on December 30^th on the ‘Conundrum on Cognizability of the Offence of Copyright’ under the ‘FICCI-CIPAM 100 Webinar Series on Intellectual Property’.

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar’ was conducted by Janaki Arun, Associate, on The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) in the context of IP Enforcement. The seminar provided an insight into the initial stage of availing jurisdiction of the Court and the legal issues ininterpretation of the provisions concerning jurisdiction under the CPC, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Copyright Act, 1957. First in a 10-session module, the seminar also elaborated on the factors determining jurisdiction in suits pertaining to online infringement.

The final LISS session for the year concluded with interesting questions from the team on the effect of the Delhi High Court decision in the Ultra Home Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. Purushottam Kumar Chaubey vis- à-vis the position established by the Supreme Court in IPRS v. Sanjay Dalia and Ors., the effect of not disputing jurisdiction in earlier stages of the suit, etc.

The presentation can be accessed here.

A Special ‘Legal Issues Seminar’ was conducted by Sri Lekha, Associate & Gaurav Bhalla, Partner, presenting the Firm’s Submissions made in response to the draft Data Centre Policy published by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) in November, 2020. Held as part of the ‘Continuing Legal Education’ program, the Seminar provided interesting insights into data centres, the problem areas identified in the policy, proposed reforms and ALG’s comments and suggestions (accessible here).

The session concluded with interesting questions from the team on the working of data centres, utility corridors, provisions under the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968 and the potential challenges in growth of the data centre sector arising from the lacunae in personal data protection laws. The presentation can be accessed here.