Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management
Advancing Law and Management
ISSN No. : 2583-9896
ISSN No. : 2583-9896
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This is a procedural/explanatory article on trademark registration in India, written from a media and entertainment law perspective. It opens with the legal framework, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Trade Marks Rules, 2017, before turning to what can actually be registered in the entertainment space: production house names, channel/OTT brands, sound logos, film […]
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The article traces how AI voice-cloning technology has outpaced the legal frameworks designed to protect performers’ identities. It opens with three high-profile controversies (the AI-generated “Heart on My Sleeve” track, a fraudulent Tom Hanks dental ad, and Scarlett Johansson’s dispute with OpenAI) to illustrate the stakes. The piece then surveys the legal terrain across five […]
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This paper examines the Indian Goods and Services Tax regime roughly nine years after its introduction on 1 July 2017, treating the period as functionally a decade for purposes of legal assessment. It traces the constitutional architecture inserted by the 101st Amendment, the statutory framework of the Central, Integrated, and Union Territory GST Acts, and […]
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Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 stands as one of the most consequential and globally watched provisions in modern intellectual property law. Introduced in its present form through the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005, it excludes from patentability the mere discovery of a new form of a known substance unless a meaningful enhancement in […]
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The way the world listens to music has changed over the years. Vinyl gave way to cassettes, cassettes to CDs, CDs to digital downloads. Millions of people consume music through streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and many more. This has generated significant legal concerns regarding copyright ownership and royalty distribution The challenge […]
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Deepfake technology, which uses artificial intelligence to synthesize or manipulate audio and visual content, has emerged as a profound legal challenge in the contemporary digital landscape. This paper examines the intersection of deepfakes and Indian tort law, exploring how existing legal frameworks respond to the harms caused by deepfakes. The paper traces the evolution of […]
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The judgment of the Supreme Court in Pragya Prasun & Ors. v. Union marks a significant development concerning disability rights and digital access. The judgement addresses the issues faced by disabled persons while operating and filling of Know Your Customer (KYC) mechanism. The judgment also highlights the obligation of the State to ensure that digital […]
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The internet has become an indispensable tool in modern times. It has integrated itself into communication, commerce, governance and many other sectors as well. The internet has facilitated the daily life of people. In India, from government services to education, increasingly rely on the internet. Thus, disruption of internet services has widespread consequences.
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The corporate insolvency system in India is an important change in the approach towards dealing with insolvency from the liquidation-based system towards the corporate rescue and the maintenance of the value of enterprises. Before the introduction of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, there existed a scattered insolvency law system based on several pieces of […]
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The article discusses the problem of sub-threshold serial acquisitions, during which firms obtain significant market power due to purchasing several small companies, which individually remain below the level of mergers notification thresholds. Even though competition laws mostly focus on reviewing major mergers, it is quite challenging for them to recognize an accumulative effect of many […]