Mr. Tiwari is former Deputy Registrar of Trademark & GI with nearly 30 years of service in the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM), Government of India. During his tenure, he was in charge for implementation of the Madrid System for international registration of marks in Indian IP office. He has also been instrumental in preparing the draft of amendments in the Trade Marks Rules, 2002 and the Trade Marks Rules 2017.

Patent Intern – Vipul Sharma (Final Year Intern) has successfully completed his Internship at ALG. At the end of his internship, he obliged us with his thoughts and ideas during the Sharing of Reflections (SoR) sessions. His presence enriched the firm while he interned here. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

Interns – Sanskriti Shrimali, Kholi Rakuzhuro and Sarthak Sharma (Final Year Interns) 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.

ALG Partner Ashwani Balayan will be attending the AIPPI World Congress in San Francisco from September 10-15. This year’s in-person Congress will see a high-level exchange of insights between experts from different countries on intellectual property issues such as trade secrets, unfair competition, patent linkages, moral rights, NFTs, Metaverse, filewrapper estoppels, etc.

A longstanding AIPPI member, Ashwani currently serves on the Patents Standing Committee and Pharma Standing Committee.

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar – General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Yash Raj, Trainee Associate, on “Whether Geospatial Data Can Be Accorded Copyright Protection?”. The seminar explored the relevant provisions under the Copyright Act, 1957 in conjunction with the divergent views taken by courts to determine whether geospatial data can be granted copyright protection. The session concluded with an interesting discussion on the applicability of fair dealing provisions to protected geospatial data and whether there is a need for sui-generis legislation to appropriately provide protection of geospatial data.

The presentation can be accessed here.