

RFMLR
- Sep 23, 2021
- 6 min
PARTY AUTONOMY TO CHOOSE FOREIGN GOVERNING LAW: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE
This post was authored by Tanish Gupta and Shubham Gandhi, third and fourth-year students of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) respectively at Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur. 1. INTRODUCTION In the noteworthy judgment of PASL Wind Solutions Private Limited v. GE Power Conversion (“PASL”), the Supreme Court (“SC”), while characterising party’s autonomy as the “brooding and guiding spirit of arbitration,” affirmed the validity of the selection of a foreign seat of arbitration


RFMLR
- Sep 19, 2021
- 5 min
A CASE FOR THE TRIPS VACCINE WAIVER
This post is authored by Esha Goyal, a fourth-year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at National Law School of India University, Bangalore. 1. INTRODUCTION On May 21, 2021, in the wake of the concerted global effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of developing and least developed countries - led by South Africa and India - proposed revised waivers from the patent requirements in the World Trade Organisation ("WTO") Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Prop


RFMLR
- Sep 9, 2021
- 9 min
INNOVATION CHALLENGING THE FLUIDITY OF LEGISLATION: THE DISRUPTIVE CREATIVITY OF FLUID TRADEMARKS
This guest post under the RFMLR Blog Series on Evolving Landscape of Intellectual Property Rights is authored by Drishtana Singh (Independent Legal Practitioner and Consultant practicing at the High Court of Punjab and Haryana) and Manan Parmar (Corporate, Commercial and Immigration Law Advisor, SMA Legal, Chandigarh). 1. INTRODUCTION Trademarks are any mark, logo, sign capable of distinguishing the products and services of a particular source from another. The essential feat