This written statement addresses several of the questions raised regarding the potential legalization of betting and gambling in India. Of the five questions posed in the Appeal, dated May 30, 2017, I address only the first two: 1) “Will legalizing betting and gambling help in curbing the...

Throughout the history of business, distinctive marks have been used by producers, sellers and the like to differentiate their goods and services from those of their competitors. As market economies and the differentiation of goods and services grew, the need for distinctive marks...

Technology promises to overcome traditional barriers to financial inclusion, in particular by harnessing insights from consumers' personal data. However, use of personal data creates new risks for consumers. Service providers must build consumers' trust, a necessary precondition to increased...

India's trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) compliant Patent (Amendment) Act 2005 saw the transformation of its laws from a process patent regime to a product patent regime. The amendments have had a direct impact on India's generic drugs manufacturing sector, which was...

India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights....

The present paper analyzes the role of intellectual property protection vis-à-vis the fashion industry. The Piracy Paradox coined by law professors Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman in the United States has led to imitation becoming an inescapable reality for designers all around the world...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the responsibility recognized by the companies for acting in socially responsible manner. There is no single universally accepted definition of corporate social responsibility, it has generally come to mean business decision making linked to ethical...

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India makes the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy of India. The current consolidated FDI policy is contained in the DIPP Circular 1 of 2012. The next edition, which is in the process...

Over the course of the last century, numerous jurisdictions have adopted the principles of free market economics. This has resulted in a global economy which is expanding due to the proliferation of public and private sector enterprises, which are themselves the product of public markets where...

This chapter traces the development of India's patent and copyright policy over the last sixty years. Shortly after independence, India replaced its British-era copyright and patent legislation with new laws which significantly whittled down the standards of IP protection. In the 1970s, India...