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.

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Sannidhi Mahapatra, Associate, on “Examples of Party(ies) to Different Types of IP Law Suits that are Proper but not Necessary ”. The seminar delved into the concepts of ‘necessary’ and ‘proper’ parties in a suit and explored the different circumstances that warrant impleadment of a proper party, as well as the consequence of non-joinder of such parties to a lawsuit. The seminar specifically looked into the impleadmeant of proper parties through various judicial pronouncements. The session concluded with an interesting discussion on whether a defendant would be able to implead parties as a matter of right.

The presentation can be accessed here.

During last week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session, Samreen Iboo Sait, Associate, led a discussion on whether the metaverse would change IP policies adopted by brands. The session witnessed an engrossing discussion on the interface of IP with the metaverse. The session explored possible reasons for brands to subscribe to the metaverse ecosystem and the implications it would have on their existing IP enforcement policies. The session concluded with some interesting exchange of views on the ways we can modify existing policies and how brands could adapt to the uncharted multi-metaverse ecosystem.

Last Saturday, ALG’s movie buffs got together virtually to discuss Stephen Chbosky’s heart-warming comedy-drama, ‘Wonder’. A lively discussion ensued as the members discussed the narrative structure, key takeaways, pop culture references, their favourite characters, and even the clichés!

The movie also inspired the members to reflect upon their school days and the various dilemmas that children face while navigating through school. Needless to say, the team had a ‘wonder’-full session!

A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Shreya Kunwar, Trainee Associate, on “Examples of Party(ies) to Different Types of IP Law Suits that are Necessary but not Proper”. The seminar delved into the concepts of ‘necessary’ and ‘proper’ parties in a suit and explored the different circumstances that warrant impleadment of a necessary party, as well as the consequence of non-joinder of such parties to a lawsuit. The seminar specifically looked into the distinction between the two types of parties through various judicial pronouncements. The session concluded with an interesting discussion on the kinds of evidences that could be presented to a court of law towards impleadment of ‘necessary’ or ‘proper’ parties.

The presentation can be accessed here.