Private Property and Business Losses During Demonstrations: Injunctions, Compensation and Insurance
Abstract Demonstrations, protests, strikes, bandhs and public agitations are an important part of democratic participation. The right to assemble peacefully and express dissent is constitutionally protected in India, subject to reasonable restrictions. However, when a peaceful demonstration turns violent and results in destruction of private property, the legal consequences extend beyond criminal liability. Owners of […]
The Right to Copy: Why Copyright Sometimes Needs Infringement
Introduction Copyright law is built upon an apparent contradiction. It gives creators an exclusive right to reproduce their works, yet no meaningful creative culture can develop without creators engaging with what already exists. A critic must reproduce part of a work to criticise it, and a satirist must imitate something recognisable before the audience can […]
Dupe or Infringement? Where Should the Law Draw the Line in Fashion?
Exploring the legal boundary between fashion inspiration, imitation and intellectual property infringement Key Takeaways: A “dupe” is not a legal term; it has no independent meaning in the law, and whether a “dupe” is legal depends entirely on what sort of intellectual property right, if any, may exist to protect the design. In 2026’s Deckers […]
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ON TRIAL: THE PRADA–KOLHAPURI CONTROVERSY AND THE LIMITS OF INDIA’S CULTURAL PROPERTY LAW
. Introduction In June 2025, the Italian luxury house Prada displayed a line of ‘toe-ring sandals’ at its Summer 2026 menswear show in Milan, priced at roughly ₹1,20,000 a pair. Within hours, Indian commentators had matched the silhouette to the Kolhapuri chappal, a leather sandal registered as a Geographical Indication (‘GI’) since 2018 in the […]
Domain-Name Disputes and International Trademark Protection: Evaluating the UDRP Against Cybersquatting
Introduction Domain names aren’t just technical labels anymore—they’re front-and-centre for brands, businesses, and anyone who wants a digital identity. On paper, a domain is just a map to an IP address, but in real life, it’s your online brand, your store, your sign in the digital world. The way domains get handed out-first come, first […]
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 […]
Trade Secret Protection in Indian Commercial Disputes: Analyzing the absence of dedicated legislation, NDAs enforcement, and tortious remedies (IPR & Technology Law)
Introduction In the current economic world, information has turned out to be among the most important business assets. Companies spend a lot of money on the development of their own technologies, manufacturing processes, databases of customers, pricing policies, research results, algorithms, source codes, marketing policies, and confidential business information that can give them an edge. […]
Geographical Indications (GI) Protection and Commercialization: legal frameworks, brand counterfeiting, and global commercialization strategies for rural economies.
Geographical Indications and Rural India Bridging Legal Protection, Anti-Counterfeiting Enforcement, and Global Commercialization Strategy Shruti Sharma| IPR & Technology Law Abstract / Introduction A geographical indication, or GI, is not merely a label of origin. It is a legal instrument that converts centuries of accumulated soil, climate, and craftsmanship into a tradeable asset for the […]
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 […]
Copyright Infringement in LLM Training Data: Fair Use versus Commercial Licensing under Indian Copyright Law
Can an AI company scrape a newspaper’s archive, feed it into a language model, and call it fair dealing? That question is sitting in front of the Delhi High Court right now, and nobody in India has a settled answer yet. This piece breaks down where the law stands, what the biggest pending case says, […]