During last week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session, Shilpa Margaret Kurian, Trainee Associate, led a discussion on whether the implementation of various protective technique systems adopted to keep a check on digital copyright infringement has proven to be a boon or bane to the Indian artists’ community. The session followed an engaging discussion on the different types of technique systems adopted by various platforms and organizations, and its impact on different artists. The session also delved into how these techniques can be kept in check and what measures could be undertaken to ensure that its objective of protection against copyright infringement is attained.

ALG celebrated the festival of joy and happiness with its team and together welcomed another year of success, peace and prosperity.

Season’s greetings and a very Happy New Year 2022 to all ALG’s friends and clients!

Sheja Ehtesham and Ashwani Balayan from ALG have been ranked amongst India’s top Intellectual Property Lawyers of 2021 by Asian Legal Business, a Thomson Reuters publication.

The list spotlights top IP lawyers who have worked on significant matters and consistently delivered results.

The full list is available at https://www.legalbusinessonline.com/sites/default/files/e-magazines/ALB-INDIA-NOVDEC-2021/viewer/desktop/index.html?doc=B9F9D11D4438A232D589E1CDD63D29E4#page/2

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Hardik Choudhary, Associate, on “Can an Unauthorized Reseller/Distributor Claim Legitimate Interests in a Domain Name?”. The seminar delved into the mandatory requirements of a UDRP complaint and an in-depth discussion of the requirement for the complainant to prove lack of rights/ legitimate interests in a domain name. The seminar specifically looked into various UDRP Panel decisions whereby unauthorized resellers/distributors were held to have legitimate interests in a domain name based on certain conditions. The session concluded with interesting questions from the team on the rights of an authorized reseller viz-a-viz unauthorized reseller.

The presentation can be accessed here.

During last week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session, Aishwarya Pande, Associate, led a discussion on whether IP policies and enforcement in the virtual world could be detrimental to the creative endeavours of independent artists. The session witnessed an engrossing discussion on how virtual/augmented reality platforms are becoming increasingly popular among the artists’ community. The session explored the benefits of ease of accessibility and increased visibility for artists in virtual space, vis-à-vis the growing instances of IP infringement in virtual space. The session concluded with some interesting exchange of views on whether aggressive enforcement strategies to curb infringement in virtual space would affect creativity of artists.