A ‘Legal Issues Seminar- General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Sucharitha Banda, Trainee Associate on ‘When can Damages be Awarded in Copyright Infringement Suits?’. The seminar explored the relevant provisions under the Copyright Act, 1957, and delved into the position taken by the courts in respect of the circumstances under which damages can be awarded in copyright infringement suits. The session explored the need for determining a criteria to ascertain damages that may be awarded in copyright infringement suits. The session concluded with a discussion on whether there is a need for a statutory amendment or for guidelines regarding the same, specifically in inadvertent copyright infringement suits.

The presentation can be accessed here.

Intern – Saransh Saxena has commenced his General IP Internship with the firm’s law practice.

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

General IP Interns – Akshita Goyal (Final Year); Vedant Saxena, Shreeya Kotnis and Udayan Dwivedi (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) sessions. 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, Tarini Sharma, Trainee Associate, led a discussion on the topic “Would allowing monopolization of single colours as trademarks encourage anti-competitiveness?”. The session saw an engaging discussion on providing IP protection to individual colours as trademarks and the impact of such protection on competition in the market. The discussion also explored whether monopolisation of single colours would lead to trademark saturation having adverse effects on competition in the market as well as the colour depletion doctrine. The session concluded with the members sharing their innovative recommendations to maintain a balance between granting protection to single colour marks and fair competition in the market.

At ALG, we believe that creating a safer workplace begins with open discourse for all the members of the firm to reach out and ask queries, share thoughts, raise concerns, and listen to each other. Recently, ALG’s Samreen Iboo Sait (Senior Associate, PoSH Trainer and Coordinator of the Diversity & Inclusion Section at ALG) conducted training on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace. The two-day training session was attended by the Attorneys and the Administrative Staff of the firm. The training began with understanding what could be sexual harassment and the effect of our biases on such behavior. The session was a process of learning and unlearning through activities and games. The members also discussed the nuances of ALG’s gender-neutral harassment policy and shared their diverse thoughts, experiences and suggestions to make work places safer and more inclusive.