A ‘Legal Issues Seminar- General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Yash Raj, Associate, on “Whether Valuation of a Commercial IP Suit for the purposes of Court Fee can be Different from the ‘Specified Value’?” The seminar explored the relevant provisions under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and analysed its conflict with the Suits Valuation Act, 1887 and Court-fees Act, 1870. The session delved into the case laws that have discussed the valuation of IP suits, and the varied interpretation that has been provided by various Courts. The seminar involved an interesting discussion on the judicial interpretation of ‘specified value’ of a suit and ‘valuation for purposes of court fee’ and the emerging jurisprudence in determining the jurisdiction of an IP suit. The session concluded with a discussion on the various practical implications of the current judicial trend in determining the value of an IP suit.

The presentation can be accessed here.

Interns – Nabira Farman, Akshita Goyal, Vaidehi Gupta, Sonal Kumari, Soumya Dendukuri, Manish Kumar, Garima Chauhan, Alankrita Sinha and Dewang Shrivastava 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!

Patent Intern – Aishwarya Mukherjee (Pre- Final Year Intern) has successfully completed her Internship at ALG. At the end of her internship, she obliged us with her thoughts and ideas during the Sharing of Reflections (SoR) session. Her presence enriched the firm while she interned here. We wish her all the best in her future endeavours.

General IP Interns – Anushree Modi, Anshika Tiwari and Noyonika Kar (Pre-Final Year) have successfully completed their Internship at ALG. At the end of their internship, they obliged us with their thoughts and ideas during the Sharing of Reflections (SoR) session. Their presence enriched the firm while they interned here. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

During last week’s PWS Session, Shivangi Tandon, Associate, led a discussion on “Would granting protection to food plating stifle creativity in the culinary industry?” The session led with a discussion on the advancement and ongoing trends in the culinary industry with the various stakeholders inter alia, chefs, restaurants etc. finding innovative ways to plate food and seek legal protection over the same. The discussion delved into whether presentation of food and its over-all look/style can warrant any legal protection. Further, members discussed what could be the minimum threshold for presentation of food to qualify for such protection. The session concluded with the members brainstorming various circumstances which would allow chefs, restaurants etc. to enjoy protection over their food presentation styles without curbing the freedom of creation of third-parties.