Beyond Design Registration: The Crocs–Bata Judgment and the Future of Fashion Intellectual Property in India
1. Abstract The Delhi High Court’s 2025 decision in Crocs Inc. USA v. Bata India Ltd. & Ors. has reopened one of Indian intellectual property law’s most persistent unresolved questions: whether a product feature that is registered as a design under the Designs Act, 2000 can simultaneously be protected as trade dress through a common-law […]
International x India: Regulation of Cross-border Mergers: International Competition Law Cooperation Compared with the Competitions Act, 2002 and CCI Merger Control
ABSTRACT The rising unification of international markets has resulted into a substantial growth in cross-border mergers, rendering adequate merger control a collective issue for competition agencies across territories. Transactions including global enterprises commonly generate competitive impacts that spread across domestic borders demanding cooperation among regulators in order to guarantee uniform implementation while preventing conflicting determinations […]
Wrongful Termination from Job in India - Complete Legal Guide for Government & Private Employees (2026)
Losing a job unexpectedly can create financial, professional, and emotional challenges. Whether you are a Government Employee, PSU Employee, Bank Employee, Teacher, Police Officer, Private Company Employee, IT Professional, Manager, Factory Worker, or Corporate Executive, understanding your legal rights after termination or dismissal is extremely important. Many employees search online for questions like: Can my employer […]
Business and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence and Corporate Civil Liability
Introduction In today’s globalized world, the business landscape is characterized by a high degree of interconnectivity. Firms rely on a vast network of suppliers and manufacturers located across the world to produce goods and bring them to market. This dynamic has facilitated organizational productivity, but at what cost? Exploitative working conditions, unsafe environments, child labor, […]
ENFORCEABILITY OF EMERGENCY ARBITRATION AWARDS IN INDIA: MAPPING THE POST-AMAZON V. FUTURE RETAIL LANDSCAPE, ENFORCEMENT ROUTES, AND THE TEMPERAMENT OF LOCAL COURTS
INTRODUCTION For more than a decade, the words “emergency arbitration” never appeared in the lexicon of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. However, in fact since 2016 Indians, whether data, content or edible, are used to hearing about “emergency arbitration” owing to the fact that global institutional rules (SIAC, ICC, LCIA) had already incorporated emergency […]
Commercial Certainty and Fairness in Zambian Commercial Law A Case-Law Analysis of Contracts, Banking, and Corporate Law
Abstract Zambian commercial law sits at a point of real tension. On one side stands the need for certainty, predictable rules that let businesses plan, invest, and trade with confidence. On the other sits the equally urgent demand for fairness, accountability, and protection against the misuse of commercial power. This article examines that tension through […]
Fast-Track Arbitration under Section 29B: Procedural Efficiency, Document-Only Hearings & Cost-Benefit Analysis
Fast-Track Arbitration under Section 29B of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act: Procedural Efficiency, Document-Only Hearings, and Cost-Benefit Analysis Abstract The effectiveness of any dispute resolution mechanism depends largely on the time and cost involved in resolving disputes. Conventional arbitration, although intended to provide a faster alternative to court litigation, has often faced criticism due to procedural […]
Cross-Border Succession and Inheritance: Determining the Applicable Law for Immovable and Digital Assets in an Evolving Global Legal Order
Cross-Border Succession and Inheritance: Determining the Applicable Law for Immovable and Digital Assets in an Evolving Global Legal Order Author Uchit Kesarwani Law Intern, Law Vaani Abstract The recent increasing flow of people, capital, investments and digital assets across territorial boundaries has thus revolutionised succession law. One might not only have immovable […]
Exemptions for Startups under the DPDP Act: studying regulatory sandbox environments, streamlined reporting, and phased compliance timelines
By Aditya Sharma Abstract The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) contains an express statutory hook, found in Section 17(3) read with Section 17(5), that permits the Central Government to grant startups relaxed or deferred compliance obligations. Yet more than two years after the Act received Presidential assent, and even after the Digital […]
The Rights of Children in Migration Detention: Necessity, Family Unity and Alternatives under International Law
The Rights of Children in Migration Detention:Necessity, Family Unity and Alternatives under International Law Abstract Immigration detention of children remains one of the mostcritical human rights challenges of the modern era. Althoughstate sovereignty traditionally accords nations broad discretionover border control and immigration enforcement, the detention of migrant children—whether unaccompanied or alongside their families—raises severe conflicts […]