China, being a heavily populated nation, is also home to a great number of online users. It was evident that when a draft law on personal data protection would be issued, it would be historic. The Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Draft Law”) was released for public consultation on October […]
On October 20, the Trump administration sued Google. The Department of Justice (“DoJ”), along with eleven state Attorney Generals, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in United States. The participating state Attorneys General offices represent Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas. The Complaint made sweeping allegations relating to Google’s […]
Posted on October 22, 2020 Co-authored by Shobana Iyer* and Tanya Garg* Introduction On 26 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) delivered the much-awaited landmark decision in Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd; Huawei Technologies Co Ltd v Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL; ZTE Corporation v Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL[1] […]
The competition between Nike & Adidas – two of the most renowned names in the sports accessories business – has slowly spilled over from the market into the courtroom. It is not surprising that these two brands, responsible for changing the face of the sports industry through their products, have a clash of conceptual ingenuity. […]
Posted on October 21, 2020 Authored by Aditya Krishna* Introduction “AI” or Artificial intelligence has been developing in leaps and bounds over the past decades. With many applications emerging, and a multitude more on the horizon, it is inevitable that the legal field is bound to undergo drastic changes to cater for the changing technology […]
The Swedish clothing chain, H&M, has been hit with a fine of €35 million over data breach and privacy violations under the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) laws introduced in 2018. Several hundred employees at the H&M Service Center in Nuremberg have been under surveillance of the company. The German authorities have said that […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) issued this past 29th June, 2020, a letter to suppliers and resellers informing and warning the public about the illegality of resale price maintenance. This action comes from a series of ongoing investigations towards musical instrument manufacturers in the UK where it was determined that competitive conditions in the […]
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Google v. Oracle as the decade-long dispute between tech giants finally reached the Apex Court after multiple trials and delay. At the heart of this copyright litigation which was initiated in 2010, is the copyrightability of application programming interfaces (APIs), which are intermediary software […]
Posted on October 18, 2020 Authored by Manika Dayal* Introduction Recently, the Government of India imposed a ban on 59 Chinese apps, including applications such as TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser, as reported earlier here. This action was taken under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, citing reasons of continued threat on the […]
Every person, in one way or the other, must have come across the revolutionary video game known as PlayStation manufactured by the tech giant, Sony. Since its invention a lot of versions of the game have been available in the market. Recently, Sony has launched its much-awaited next generation console, the PlayStation 5 (“PS5”). The […]
