Tanman is not similar to Atmantan
Bombay High Court heard an appeal against the order of the Ad-hoc District Judge-6, Pune, in a trademark infringement and passing off dispute, dismissing the injunction application filed by the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff, Sharmilee Kapur and Ors (SK) filed the suit before the District court against the Defendant, Kiran Bharekar (Kiran) alleging trademark infringement.
World Intellectual Property Day
A Significant Day for WIPO Back in the year 2000, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) designated the 26th of April to be marked as World Intellectual Property Day.
Brexit’s Impact Upon Shipping Disputes and Enforcement
The end of 2020 saw the end of the Brexit transition period wherein the ties connecting the UK and the Lugano Convention 2007, which deals with jurisdiction issues and judgements’ enforceability between its signatories, were cut. On the 8th of April 2020, an attempt on the part of the UK was made to re-join such convention …
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PORTUGAL – Decree Law 27/2021
A system of incentives for higher education institutions to cooperate with the Public Administration and enterprises and to support the diversification of the training and learning offer.Higher education institutions have the right and duty to participate in connecting activities with society, disseminating and developing more and better methods of transfer and socio-economic valorisation of scientific …
Family Offices: Current Challenges and Trends
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only public health and the well being of humanity, but also a number of economies, businesses and industries worldwide. Family offices have not remained unaffected; not only by Coronavirus but also by the ever-shifting global economic environment. New trends that have arisen during the COVID era, …
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REAL STATE – Controversial Berlin rent law
Two years ago the Berlin Government approved a five-year freeze on housing rents in an attempt to curb property speculation. Now the German Constitutional Court has contested this law, considering the capital’s government incompetent to legislate on this matter.
Telecommunications in times of covid-19: their impact on land registration
COVID-19 has had an impact on people’s daily lives, on the way they interact with each other, and it has inevitably had an influence on law, which has had to adapt through technology. Online hearings through platforms such as “Zoom” or “Google Meet”, electronic mailbox notifications, and the gradual digitalization of court and administrative records …
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DUBAI – The future lies in solar power
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) owns most of the infrastructure that holds the world’s tallest concentrated solar power tower, the world’s largest solar park, capable of converting the sun’s rays into about 1000 Megawatts per hour, which will correspond to 320,000 homes. This strategy needs investment, but this is the path Dubai is building for …
Amendment to the Design Protection Act seeking to protect GI designs is approved by the National Assembly
On March 24, 2021, amendment to the Design Protection Act seeking to protect graphic image (GI) designs (the Amendment) was passed during a plenary session of the National Assembly of Korea, meaning that the Amendment will go into effect six months after promulgation. The Amendment is expected to offer strengthened protection for emerging technologies such as projections, holographs, …
The number of arbitrators and a preliminary award in a multi-party arbitration in Cyprus
One of the main issues in the constitution of an arbitral tribunal is the number of arbitrators. Most of the times, either the arbitration agreement itself or the default rule of the national laws or the applicable institutional rules provide the number of arbitrators. Nevertheless, the constitution of the arbitral tribunal became one of the …