General IP Interns – Soumya Singh, Lisa Supriya Tirkey, Bhavya Bhasin, Anvita G. Joshi (Final Year Interns); Harshita Singh Parihar (Pre-Final Year Intern) 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.

Ashwani Balayan represented IPO in the stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Delhi High Court on on December 20, 2021 to discuss the drafts of “The High Court of Delhi Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2021” and “The Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021” (DHC-IPD Rules).

These draft Rules were published by Delhi High Court on December 10, 2021 after duly considering the comments / suggestions received from the industry organisations, law firms, and practitioners. Most of the comments / suggestions made by the IPO have been considered and incorporated in these draft Rules.

We announce the end of Counselship of Sakthiya Dakshi at the firm. After a mutually rewarding association of a few years, she will be leaving the firm at the end of December 2021. It has been a pleasure working with her and she will be missed dearly. We wish her the best of successes in all future endeavours.

A ‘Special Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (SLIS-GIP) was conducted by Aishwarya Pande, Associate, on “Choosing Between – A Review, Revision, Appeal, and Writ Petition against an Order passed in an IP Case”. The seminar delved into the scope of different remedies including Review, Revision, Appeal and a Writ available to an aggrieved party against whom a decree/order is passed in a civil suit. The seminar specifically looked into the circumstances under which each of these remedies can be sought. The session concluded with an interesting discussion on whether any of these remedies can be availed simultaneously, and if there is a preferred or more advantageous hierarchy of choosing these remedies in the lens of IP matters.

The presentation can be accessed here.

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.