Patent Interns – Aishwarya Bhat, Debadrita Goppy (Pre-Final Year) and Nayanika Chakraborty, Priti Ubale (Final Year) have commenced their Patent 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!

General IP Interns – Avi Minz (Pre-Final Year Intern); Vanshita Gupta, Subhashree Jena, Bhavya Sree Pasupuleti, R Sravya, Netra Vasudevan and Mrinal Datiwal (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.

ALG’s Shilpa Margaret Kurian recently served as a judge at the intra-qualifier rounds (Knockout Rounds) for the 1^st Amity National Trial Advocacy Tournament 2021 organized by the Moot Court Association of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The event saw participation of the 6 teams that had qualified the memorial round. The rounds involved detailed legal arguments by the students on issues related to criminal law and concluded with the selection of the top-scoring team that will proceed to represent the Institution at the 1^st Amity National Trial Advocacy Tournament 2021.

Patent Interns – Gaurvi Arora and Siddhesh Birajdar (Final Year Interns) have successfully completed their Internships at ALG. At the end of their internships, they obliged us with their thoughts and ideas during the Sharing of Reflections (SoR) session. Their presence enriched the firm while they interned here. We wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

A ‘Special Legal Issues Seminar- General IP’ (SLIS-GP) was conducted by Samreen Iboo Sait, Associate, on the dismissal-in-limine of different types of IP lawsuits under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The seminar delved into the application of Order VII and Rule 11 to rejection of plaints and the relevant provisions thereunder. The seminar also looked into various case laws, including the recent case of Dahiben v. Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali, [(2020) 7 SCC 366] in which the Apex Court elaborately analyzed the provisions under this Order. The session concluded with an insightful discussion on what would constitute an ideal stage for rejection of a plaint in a lawsuit.

The presentation can be accessed here.