A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Aishwarya Pande, Associate, on “Can a Joint Author of a Copyrighted Work Independently Exploit Rights in it?”. The seminar delved into the evolving meaning of joint-authorship of copyrighted works, particularly in the digital era where collaborative creativity has become a trend. The seminar specifically looked into the statutory provisions relating to joint authorship, highlighted gaps, and discussed how clearly setting out the rights and obligations of each individual author will help foster future creative endeavours. The session concluded with some interesting questions and discussion among the team, including what approaches can be adopted to avoid disputes among joint authors in the absence of adequate statutory provisions.

The presentation can be accessed here.

Patent Interns – Preeti Pallavi Jena and Rajvardhan Mohite (Final Year) have commenced their Patents 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!

Patent Intern – Saranya Dash (Final Year Intern) has successfully completed her Internship at ALG. At the end of her internship, she obliged us with her thoughts and ideas during the Sharing of Reflections (SoR) sessions. Her presence enriched the firm while she interned here. We wish her all the best in their future endeavours.

General IP Interns – Neha Uppin, Kritika Chandel and Anjuri Saxena, Sneha Tripathi (Final Year) and Prachi Sehgal, Krisha Meswani, Darshin Parekh and Nehal Gupta (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!

During last week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session, Ashok Vardhan Adipudi, Trainee Associate (Patents), led a discussion on whether fixing of global royalty rates by Courts is in keeping with a market economy. The session saw an engaging discussion with attorneys expressing their views on the advantages and disadvantages of such interventions and the impact it could have on the market for Standard Essential Patents. The session also saw some interesting points on what factors relevant to the Indian market could be accounted for in such calculations by Courts and/or in other forms of royalty fixing.