Patent Intern – Tushar Srivastava (Final Year) has commenced his Patent 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 both the firm and he will learn exciting things from each other!

General IP Interns – Megha Rathore (Final Year), Sanchita Makhija, Ashutosh Kumar, Prachet Sharma, Sejal Khandelwal, Harshit Bhoi, Mehak Jain, Mahak Agarwal, Kedar Ganesh Dhargalkar and Surabhi Katare (Pre-Final Year) 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!

One year ago, we decided to introduce a Diversity & Inclusivity (“D&I”) Section in our firm for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are happy to share that in the past one year, our D&I Section has conducted various events for celebrating our diversity and starting a dialogue on issues that matter.

To celebrate the Pride Month and the Section’s one year anniversary, we have planned some interesting events and activities intended to encourage a culture of acceptance and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community.

We are excited to be a small part of this big colourful celebration.

General IP Interns – Tanya Kanchan Soni and Yashi Agarwal (Final Year Interns); Nabira Farman and Meghana Killampalli (Pre-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 endeavours.

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Samreen Iboo Sait, Associate, on “Do Internet Streaming Services Fall Under the Ambit of ‘Broadcasting Organization’?”. The seminar explored various provisions and definitions under law that can be interpreted to determine whether internet streaming services can be read into ‘any broadcasting organization’ under Section 31-D of the Copyright Act, 1957, as well as the legislative intent of the amendments. The session specifically delved into how internet streaming services have been intentionally excluded from the amended law and explored relevant judicial decisions in this respect. The session concluded with interesting questions on whether a Music Modernization Act such as in the US can fill the lacuna in the current Indian copyright law or whether the existing law can be stretched out by way of amendments to keep up with technological advancements.

The presentation can be accessed here.