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Pharma patent – No interim injunction unless opinion on 3 elements and some additional feature
26 August 2019
26th August The Delhi High Court has held that it is not possible to apply an across the board approach to all cases of alleged infringement of patent, particularly pharmaceutical patent, where as a matter of routine at first hearing there would be grant of
Mergers and Acquisitions - MCA clarifies on ‘Appointed date’ for s.232(6)
22 August 2019
22nd August 2019 Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified that companies may choose any specific calendar date or a date tied to occurrence of any event like date of grant of license, or fulfillment of preconditions, agreed upon by parties for
Combinations – CCI amends its regulations to provide for green channel approvals
19 August 2019
19th August Competition Commission of India (CCI) has amended its CCI (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to Combinations) Regulations, 2011 to provide for approval of certain specified combinations under Green Channel.
Income Tax - Monetary limits for departmental appeals before ITAT, HC and SC revised
09 August 2019
9th August Ministry of Finance has enhanced the monetary limits for filing income tax appeals by Revenue department before ITAT, High Courts and Supreme Court. According to CBDT Circular No. 17/2019, dated 8-8-2019, Revenue department wo
External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) Policy – RBI eases end-use restrictions
31 July 2019
31st July 2019 In order to further liberalize the External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) framework, the Reserve Bank of India has relaxed the end-use restrictions. Eligible borrowers would be able to raise ECBs with a minimum average maturity pe
IBC - Counterclaim against corporate debtor when need not be stayed
29 July 2019
29th July 2019 In a case involving a claim by plaintiff (corporate debtor) and counterclaim by the defendant for the same transaction, Delhi HC has held that both claims ought to be adjudicated comprehensively by the same forum. O
Trade remedies – Changes proposed in rules for safeguard, ADD and CVD measures
29 July 2019
26th July Directorate General of Trade Remedies in India has sought comments from all stakeholders regarding certain changes proposed in the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, Customs Tariff (Identi
Sale of a Direct Selling Entity’s products on e-commerce platforms violates entity’s trademark
26 July 2019
26th July The High Court of Delhi has answered in positive the question as to whether the sale of a Direct Selling Entity’s products on e-commerce platforms violates the entity’s trademark rights or constitutes misrepresentation, passing off and
Trademark - Adoption of prominent word of the label mark is infringement
24 July 2019
24th July The Delhi High Court has held that the adoption of prominent word of the label/device mark amounts to infringement. It observed that Section 17 of the Trademarks Act which confers exclusive right only to the use of the trademark as a whole is not a
Budget 2019 - Key changes for corporate sector in India
10 July 2019
10th July The Hon’ble Finance Minister of India, made the budget speech for the year 2019-2020 and presented the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019 on July 05, 2019. Amongst several measures that were announced as part of the Budget Speech and F