Shivani Tibrewala v. Rajat Mukherjee

The Plaintiff has filed the present suit of copyright infringement against the Defendant alleging that the Defendant's cinematographic work named "Umeed" is an altered copy or substantial reproduction...

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Novation, Rescission, Alteration under the Indian Contract Act

A contract to be lawfully enforceable should be valid. The Indian Contract Act, 1872 under section 10 provides the essential conditions that are to be complied with for a valid contract. They are the ...

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Star India Pvt. Ltd. v. Moviestrunk.com

The Plaintiff in this case is engaged in producing and distributing films in India and for that reason, he holds exclusive licenses over many films. One such film, the distribution of which is under c...

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Conversion of Public Limited Company into Private Limited Company

There are largely two types of Companies, One is a Private Limited Company and the other is Public Limited Company. Public Company is defined in S. 2 (68) of the Companies Act, 2013, and Private Compa...

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Ashutosh Dubey v. Netflix Inc.

The Plaintiff who is an advocate by profession filed a suit seeking an injunction against Netflix, the Defendants, from further streaming of the episodes of a Web-Series called ‘Hasmukh’ which air...

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Marico Limited v. Abhijeet Bhansali

In February 2019, Marico Limited (Plaintiff) filed a suit along with a motion seeking interim reliefs against the Defendant who had created and posted a video about the Plaintiff's Parachute Coconut O...

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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES (GATS) - AN OVERVIEW

I. WHAT IS GATS? - AN INTRODUCTION In order to "build a trustworthy and reliable framework of international trade laws," the General Agreement on Trade in Services was created. The World Trade Or...

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Nike Innovate C.V v. G.B Shoe

The present suit came to be instituted on 31.05.2013 under Section 134 & 135 of the Trade Mark Act & Section 55 of the Copyright Act at first by Nike International Ltd of USA. During the pendency of t...

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Appointment Of Company Secretary Under Companies Act, 2013

I. INTRODUCTION Despite the name, the role of company secretary is not a secretarial or clerical one in the usual sense. In fact, a company secretary is typically ‘Senior Managerial Personnelâ€...

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