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June 5, 2024
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Enhancing Digital Lending Security: The Role of the Dig...
The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has reportedly been planning to initiate the establishment of a Digital India Trust Agency ("Agency"), in order to curb financial frauds and cybercrimes which have been uprising in the digital lending space. This Agency is intended to be involved in creating a systematic procedure of verifying legitimate digital lending application and resolving the concerns surrounding unauthorised digital lending apps. ......
May 24, 2024
Intellectual Property | Patent
Intellectual Property | Patent
Patent non-disclosures turn out costly for Google in In...
False or incomplete disclosures can be costly - this follows from a recent decision of the Delhi High Court, where the global technology giant Google had to not just forgo its patent application for not meeting conditions of patentability, but also pay a fine for not providing complete and correct information of corresponding foreign filings in connection with the application. ......
May 24, 2022
Intellectual Property | Patent
Intellectual Property | Patent
Patents for a lark?
Patents help innovators shield their ideas from being copied by competitors. Having a patent separates you from the crowd and puts you one step ahead of others. But patents are not just about standing out in a crowd. They help beat competitors, earn royalty through licensing, bring others to trial, earn returns, create a defensive mechanism, and much more. There is a whole world of benefits that patents open up. ......
March 3, 2022
Intellectual Property | Patent
Intellectual Property | Patent
Open-source patents
Can it be a good strategy for companies building new-age technologies?
The world right now appears to be split between two groups of people having different set of ideologies when it comes to the future of innovation and proprietorship of technology. The first kind are the open-source evangelists and the second, the pro-patent capitalists. ......
December 16, 2020
Corporate Law
Corporate Law
Google and Amazon made to Toe the French Line? Oui!
If the 21st century has been defined by the information age, data then is the new global currency. Clive Humbly, who built Clubcard, the world’s first supermarket loyalty scheme a decade ago, used the metaphor ‘Data is the new Oil’, to explain how data is worthless, when left ‘unrefined’. Much like diamonds, only once it is mined and analysed does it create either extraordinary value, or can be manipulated into a dangerous tool. ......
RBI Opens the Doors to Bank-Funded M&A’s: Boosting Domestic Acquisition Financi...
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") Governor, Mr. Sanjay Malhotra underscored the importance of enabling Indian banks to finance acquisitions by domestic corporates...
Government Sahyog in Tightening Takedowns
In 2021, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Intermediary Rules") were notified in furtherance of the Central Government's power to make rules...
Data Clean Rooms: The Future of Privacy-Compliant Data Collaboration
As organisations grapple with increasingly stringent privacy and data protection laws, the concept of the Data Clean Room (“DCR“) has emerged as a transformative solution that enables collaboration without compromising compliance.
The power of transition phrases in Indian patent drafting: the ‘Frimline’ Ruli...
Transition phrases are crucial in patent drafting for they define the scope of a claim. Choosing the correct phrase can impact what rights an applicant can enforce, as determined by the Delhi High Court recently, in Frimline v. K-Smatco
Representations, Warranties and Covenants: What are the consequences of breach?
Representations, Warranties and Covenants clauses are included in all commercial contracts. Traditionally, the nomenclature has not been clearly delineated, and representation and warranties are grouped together in a manner that often led them to be viewed as synonymous terms.
Pharmacyclics Continues the Divisional Applications Debate in India
In 2024, the Indian Patent Office (“IPO”) issued the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (“Rules”), which, among other things, amended the rules relating to filing of divisional applications.
An Analysis of the Reserve Bank of India’s Master Direction on Regulation of Payment...
On September 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") issued the Master Direction on Regulation of Payment Aggregators, 2025 ("Master Direction"), a framework governing both bank and non-bank entities engaged in the business of payment aggregation ("Payment Aggregators" or "PA").
Removal of fetters on the Arbitration process: Arbitration is not foreclosed due to pendin...
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was enacted to facilitate expeditious and affordable resolution of disputes pertaining to in-personam rights arising out of contractual disputes between private parties.
Timing it Right: Delhi High Court on Pre-Grant Oppositions in India
What happens when a pre-grant opposition is filed after the Controller signs a patent application to grant? This knotty question was answered by the Delhi High Court in a recent case.
Navigating Share Transfer Restrictions in Shareholders’ Agreements Part 2
In our previous Article, we explored the foundational aspects of share transfer restrictions in shareholder agreements ("SHAs"), with a focus on concepts such as tag-along rights, drag-along rights, permitted and automatic transfers, amongst others and the interplay with the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act").
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