INTRODUCTION: The four statutes covering the four concepts under Intellectual Property Law are: i. The Patents Act, 1970 ii. The Copyright Act, 1957 iii. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 iv. The Designs Act, 2000 The instant write up analyses the confusion that existsbetween Trade Mark and Design. The anal...

Hey everyone! We’re the Moot Court Society of NLSIU and we’re organizing the XII National Law School - Trilegal International Arbitration Moot, 2019 between 17th and 19th May 2019. With the rounds scheduled to commence from tomorrow, we’re excited to bring you the live updates from the Moot! A busy ...

1939C v 1904R Respondents Speaker 1: 15:19 – Due to some co-ordination errors, I must apologize in announcing that the first few minutes of the round haven’t been covered! Five minutes left. The respondent cites articles to substantiate on his claim of jurisdiction. The arbitrator questions him on t...

Live Updates – Court Room 10 - 1907C v 1921R Respondents: Speaker 1: 12: 42 – The speakers exchange notes. The speaker representing the respondents seems to be confident and eloquent in his approach, not for a moment referring to his notes, but the Arbitrator cuts him short and asks him to arrive at...

The GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law is back! Keeping in tune with the last three editions, this time around as well, stay updated with us here, to know what’s what. This edition will witness 36 teams competing for prizes of Winning Team, Runners-Up Team, Best Orator, Best Researcher, and ...

National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi is organising the 2nd OP. Jalan Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2018 from 16th to 18th of March 2018. The prestigious competition aims to test the participants on the intricacies of taxation law which in itself is one of the signific...

Introduction Under the Indian Trade Mark Law, once a person attains registration for its trademark for a particular good or service, he thereby has the exclusive right to use that trademark in relation to the said good or service [1] . The right that has been created by Section 28(1) in favour of re...

Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot - ISRO Funding Regional Rounds 2017: Live Blog! Hello Guys, we’re the Moot Court Society of NLSIU, and we’re hosting the Manfred Lachs ISRO National Funding Rounds on 1st and 2nd April, 2017. A busy day awaits the teams, we’ll start posting when the first round commences...

Arbitration at Crossroads, October 15-16, 2016 The Centre for Advanced Research & Training in Arbitration Law (CARTAL) and the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (IJAL) , along with Baker & McKenzie , are organizing a two-day international conference on the state of arbitration, “ Arbitrati...

National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is set to organise the 3rd edition of the International Negotiation Competition from 09-11 September 2016. The competition, which was started in 2014, is the first of its kind in India. With the growth of Alternate Disp...

The term ‘Hindu Undivided Family’ (“ HUF ”) or ‘Joint Hindu Family’ is not mentioned or defined in the acts: Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956), Hindu Marriage Act (1955), Hindu Succession Act (HSA) (1956) and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956), however, the Income Tax Act, 1961 make...

A very interesting as well as important question came on my mind before few days. The question was that, Are only VIP’s are special and important in our country and not the common people? To be frank this question disturbed me for a long time. When I asked this question with some of my friends, seni...

It’s that time of the year again! National Law Institute University, Bhopal is all set to flag off the fourth edition of INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament, 2015, from 27th November to 29th November 2015. Maintaining its long tradition of hosting a one of its own kind of tournament,...

ISO and ANA Recently Abhay Nevagi & Associates, Advocates (hence ANA) has become the only the Second law firm in India to become ISO certified for Quality Management Systems (9001:2008) and Information Securities Management Systems (27001:2013). Initially everyone was circumspect. As the ISO pr...

This is an exclusive example of abuse of securitization act and victimization of borrower by nationalized bank under the pretext of the said act. It is evident that banks are enjoying supreme power under this act and may go to any extent to victimize a borrower against the spirit and stipulation lai...

National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is set to organise the 2 nd edition of the International Negotiation Competition from 11-13 September 2015. The competition was started last year as the first of its kind in India, which sought to introduce students of ...

Dear Sir, This is to draw your kind attention towards the organizational flaws in CLAT 2015. It is matter of grave concern that an examination as prestigious as Common Law Admission Test has also not remain unaffected by the dirt which over a period of time has led to the maligning of image of the v...

The distribution of the Prizes is as follows- Winner: Rs. 1,10, 000 Runner Up: Rs. 75,000 Best Speaker: Rs. 10,000 Best Researcher: Rs. 20,000 Best Memorial: Rs. 20,000 The 5th NLIU-Justice R.K. Tankha Memorial National Moot Court Competition is amongst the most sought after competitions in the moot...

The NLIU Parliamentary Debate is back! The third edition is going to be grander than ever before, with over 24 teams battling it out for the top honours and bragging rights. The event is spread out over three days from 31st October to 2nd November and we shall bring to you all the updates of what is...

India has several service providers and the universal service obligation fund. We have been in the business of providing data and voice connectivity to our people for a fairly long time, but we still have connectivity issues, even in dense locations like Delhi and Gurgaon. At the pace at which we ar...