General IP Interns – Aakaanksha Akella, Gazal Sancheti and Mannika Gupta (Final Year Interns); Kirtika Shukla, Himani Jaruhar, Radhika Bhatti, Shereen Samant and Hiranmayee Ramesh (Pre-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.
We are delighted to announce World Trademark Review’s recognition of ALG Alum Chhavi Jain amongst WTR300 this year.
In addition, Chhavi has also featured as part of WTR Global Leaders 2021 which brings together the world’s foremost corporate trademark experts.
Currently Legal Counsel at UltraTech Cement, Chhavi started out her journey as an IP Practitioner with ALG India Law Offices LLP. We wish her many more successes in the times to come.
A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Siddharth Varshney, Associate, on “Whether Section 65A of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides an exception for Fair Dealing?”. The seminar delved into the need of anti-circumvention provisions in India’s growing digital landscape. Specifically, the seminar looked into the provisions relating to infringement and “fair dealing” of copyrighted works, while also examining the applicability of anti-circumvention provisions. The session concluded with some interesting questions and discussion among the team, including whether the use of VPN software to access copyrighted works will attract anti-circumvention provisions.
The presentation can be accessed here.
During last week’s Practice Work Shop (PWS) Session, Aishwarya Pande, Associate, led a discussion on whether a shorter term of copyright protection will promote public interest. The session saw an engaging discussion with attorneys delving into the pros and cons of longer term of copyright protection and how it affects public interest vis à vis private right owner’s interests. The session also explored the ideas of how a shorter term would foster creativity and allow greater accessibility to shared knowledge.
A ‘Legal Issues Seminar-General IP’ (LIS-GIP) was conducted by Shreya Das, Associate, on “Whether Expenditure incurred for procuring Software from a Non-Resident is Taxable as Royalty?”. The seminar delved into the important legal provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961 on Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and Royalty, and precedents on the applicability of TDS on payment made to a non-resident for software purchases in India. Specifically, the seminar looked into the recent landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Engineering Analysis Centre of Excellence Private Limited v. CIT [Civil Appeal Nos. 8733-8734 of 2018], in which it was held that the payment made to a non-resident for procuring software does not include Royalty, and hence cannot be deducted as TDS.
The presentation can be accessed here.
