Recently, ALG Attorneys came together for a lively bonding and team-building activity in the form of an exciting treasure hunt! The event was filled with friendly but fierce competition (as expected from our nimble team) in the battle of wits as the groups raced to uncover codes and find the ‘treasure’.
Catch a glimpse of our Attorneys indulge in a well-deserved break filled with fun, food and frolic before we gear up for the last quarter of the year.
ALG’s Pranay Bali will be attending the MARQUES Annual Conference, 2024, scheduled to take place in Stockholm from September 24–27.
The conference will feature discussions on diverse topics including litigation and public opinion, navigating consumer values, successful online enforcement, etc. If you would like to meet with Pranay, please do reach out.
ALG’s Sheja Ehtesham and Ashwani Balayan will be in Chicago for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Annual Meeting 2024 from September 22–24. The conference has a interesting line up of sessions on diverse topics like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Future of Clean Energy Driven by IP, Global Strategies for Trademark Protection in the Digital Age, etc.
If you would like to meet with Sheja and Ashwani, please do reach out.
A ‘Legal Issues Seminar- General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Naman Keswani, Trainee Associate, on “Is there a threshold for the extent of due diligence observed by an intermediary to avail safe harbour in a trademark infringement suit?”. The seminar discussed relevant provisions under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 to determine whether the statute or the Rules provide any threshold for due diligence to be observed by an intermediary. The session analysed various judgments discussing whether merely adding disclaimers in the privacy policies and user agreements by the intermediaries is sufficient due diligence. The members also exchanged their views on whether informing the intermediaries regarding any infringing use of a trademark would amount to “actual knowledge” under the provisions of the Act.
The presentation can be accessed here.
During last week’s PWS Session, Priyanshi Rastogi, Associate, hosted a discussion on “Should creators be compensated by social media companies for use of user-generated content?”. The session commenced with a discussion on whether social media platforms should have a stake in deriving values and benefits from the content of users. The members exchanged ideas on whether there should be a difference between social media platforms’ right to use the content of a public account vis-a-vis a private account. The session then progressed into a discussion on whether the exposure gained by creators through social media justifies the potential loss of financial control for creators and whether legal safeguards are necessary to protect creators’ rights to royalties and compensation. The session concluded with the members conceptualizing an eco-system that balances fostering creative exposure and ensuring fair financial rewards for creators, and whether new legal frameworks are needed to address these issues.
