ALG’s Ashwani Balayan, Abhimanyu Kumar & R.A. Tiwari attended National IP Conference 2022 on ‘Strengthening IP Ecosystem for catalysing the growth of Knowledge at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi

A great initiative by CGPTDM and DPIIT in bring together various IP Stakeholders including IP Practitioners & Creators, IP Office Officials, Hon. Judges, and holding debates and panel discussions on improving the IP ecosystem in India.

During last week’s PWS Session, Yash Raj, Trainee Associate, led a discussion on “Whether Remote Sensing Data Should Be Commercially Exploited?” The session saw an engaging  discussion on providing IP protection to the data obtained from remote sensing of a State and the political and socio-economic impact of such  protection. The discussion explored the benefits of commercializing remote sensing data and whether it is feasible to protect such data through copyright. The session concluded with the members sharing their innovative recommendations to maintain a balance of interests of all the stakeholders.

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar- General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Tarini Sharma, Trainee Associate on “Is the Threshold for Distinctiveness for Colour Marks Higher than for Conventional Marks?”. The seminar explored relevant provisions under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and the view taken by the courts in respect of the circumstances when colour marks can be said to have acquired distinctiveness in order to be afforded trademark protection. The session concluded with an interesting discussion on the protection of colour marks as part of trade dress and whether there is a need for a demarcation in the standard for protection of single colour marks as against combination of colour marks.

The presentation can be accessed here.

Recently, ALG’s bibliophiles got together in person and online to discuss Richard Osman’s crime mystery novel ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. The members discussed the sharp wit and humorous nature of the language, the light-hearted character relationships, and the mystery that centers their friendship. The members shared their reactions to the characters’ journey and the unlikely friendships that emerged out of the crime mystery that the characters had taken upon themselves to solve. The members also shared fond memories that they were reminded of when they were reading the book. The book provoked the members to introspect to think about the good days to ‘tuck in your pocket and carry around with you.’

Interns – Akshita Goyal, Vedant Saxena, Shreeya Kotnis, Udayan Dwivedi and Vanshika Singh Jaiswal 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!