Devesh Kapoor, Senior Associate Designee at ALG India Law Offices LLP, authored an op-ed titled “Navigating Copyright Strikes on YouTube: Guidance for Indian Creators” published on SCC Online. The op-ed explores the evolving landscape of YouTube copyright enforcement in India, with a focus on the practical challenges faced by content creators under the platform’s “three-strike” policy. The op-ed highlights recent incidents where creators have encountered copyright strikes for using short clips and review material, and examines the tension between platform procedures and statutory protections under Indian copyright law such as fair dealing and the de minimis doctrine. The op-ed also outlines actionable guidance on counter-notifications, documentation, and strategic engagement with platforms to uphold creators’ rights.

Available here

ALG, through its Senior Associate Designee Devesh Kapoor and Associate Shivanshi Gupta, has submitted suggestions to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on the Draft Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2025, aiming to regulate framework for online games. Our key suggestions included narrowing the definition of “material change” to only those monetization modifications that could affect a game’s classification which shall ensure the Online Gaming Authority includes independent technical experts. The suggestions also included allowing users and not just service providers to seek determinations, excluding mere access or subscription, provision of a 90-day inquiry period from the date of the Authority’s formal order, etc. These suggestions aim to improve procedural efficiency, transparency, and convenience to regulate the framework for online gaming in the country.

ALG, through its Senior Associate Designee Uroosa Shahzad and Associate Vanshika Gupta, has submitted suggestions to the Trade Marks Registry on the Draft TM Guidelines aiming to bring some practical and procedural ease to practitioners and the IP industry. Our key suggestions included enhanced e-filing system with unrestricted head usage and clear category descriptions, clear timelines for filing written submissions, reducing the ambiguity of thresholds of evidence in pre-publication hearings and lack of direction in filing adjournment requests for such hearings when attend;  a voluntary settlement and deferment option for consensual dispute resolution, etc. These suggestions aim to improve procedural efficiency, transparency, and convenience in the trademark registration process.

ALG, through Associates Uroosa Shahzad and Arundathi Krishnadas, has submitted Comments in response to the invitation for feedback on the E-Commerce Principles and Guidelines for Self-Governance which were published by the Bureau of Indian Standards in January 2025. ALG’s officially tendered Firm Submission (FS) is available here.

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The INTA Bulletin has published an interview with our Managing Partner Sheja Ehtesham and Clark Lackert who co-chair INTA’s Project Team on IP in Space. In the interview which is titled ‘IP in Space: From Science Fiction to Science Fact’ they talk about why this is an emerging issue of concern for IP owners, the need to act at the national and international level to develop a clear legal framework, and what the IP community can do to be prepared for what the future may hold in the rapidly growing space economy.

The Interviewed is available here