Recently, the Hon’ble Bombay High Court, in the matter of Indian Performing Rights Society Limited vs. Music Broadcast Limited[1], while granting interim reliefs in favour of Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), decided the lis as to whether a broadcasting organisation needs a separate licence for underlying literary and musical compositions incorporated within a sound recording (underlying works) when a sound recording is broadcast.

Certain brands build an association with certain quality of goods/services. The use of similar brands for unrelated goods while may not cause confusion as to the source may however lead to dilution of the brand.

With the advent of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“Rules”) as updated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“Meity”) on April 6, 2023

With rampant growth of social media across the country, on January 20, 2023, the Department of Consumer Affairs released new regulations in accordance with Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (“Act”), which require social media influencers to disclose their endorsements/representations

A question that has popped up multiple times in trade mark matters and has no absolute certainty is as to whether a particular trade mark whose primary or ordinary significance is ‘Geographical’ can be protected.

On January 2, 20231, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“Meity”) released draft amendments2 to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Guidelines”) for regulating the online gaming industry (“Proposed Amendments”).

The Hon’ble Kerala High Court’s judgement dated 22nd December 2022 (“Vysakh Judgement”) looks to settle the vexed issue arising due to the privacy rights asserted by individuals who wish to have their names/addresses and other personal details redacted from orders/judgments

Data privacy in India has a contested past. After a long and protracted history of consultations, the yearly iteration of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (hereinafter, ‘the draft Bill’) was published by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on November 18, 2022

Ever since the introduction of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) in 2018, India has endeavored to implement a comprehensive legal framework governing data protection in the country.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on 25th May, 2022, released a revised Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (“NDGFP”) for public consultation.