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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms eased to attract Brands

The Indian economy has been witnessing a slow down since beginning of 2019. A mixture of international events and domestic fiscal tightening has lead to slowdown in India that not so long ago regularly featured among the world’s fastest growing economy. The government has taken note of this slowdown and made some bold announcements to…

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Injunctions: Paradigm shift for India’s innovators

The interim or preliminary injunction plays a crucial role in IP cases as the focus of the IP holder is to seek an immediate order to stop the infringing activity so as to protect its market share. For a party seeking preliminary injunction, a three-factor test has been laid down by the courts: 1) to…

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Assessing Modi’s impact on IP landscape

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his political party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), once again won the elections with a clear majority and formed the government in May 2019. This is the party’s second term in a row. Interestingly, during the election campaign, one of the adverts released entitled “Transforming India’s IP Landscape” counted, among others,…