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Articles IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)

NFTs and Intellectual Property: Ownership of the Token, Ownership of the Underlying Work, and the Licensing Confusion

Introduction Few technological developments of the early 2020s generated more public confusion about intellectual property rights than the emergence of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). At the height of the NFT market

Articles IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)

Brand Impersonation in the Age of Generative AI: Deepfake Advertisements, Trademark Dilution, and Platform Liability

Introduction The proliferation of generative AI technologies capable of producing hyper-realistic synthetic media has created a new category of intellectual property harm that sits at the intersection of trademark law,

Articles IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)

Geographical Indications and Export Markets: India’s GI Tags, WTO TRIPS Negotiations, and the Unfulfilled Commercial Potential

Introduction India’s geographical indications regime, operationalised through the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999 and administered through the GI Registry headquartered in Chennai, represents one of the

Articles Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC)

IBC and Tax Dues: The Waterfall Controversy, Government as Creditor, and Lessons from the Ruchi Soya Resolution

Introduction One of the most consequential and jurisprudentially contentious questions in Indian insolvency law concerns the treatment of government dues, primarily tax claims under income tax, GST, customs, and state

Articles Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC)

Group Insolvency: Why Consolidated Resolution of Affiliated Companies Remains Legally Uncertain Under Current IBC Architecture

Introduction Modern corporate enterprise is almost invariably conducted through groups: networks of parent companies, subsidiaries, holding entities, special purpose vehicles, and affiliated businesses that are legally distinct but economically integrated.

Articles Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC)

Avoidance Transactions Under IBC: Fraudulent Trading, Undervalued Transactions, and the Evidentiary Burden in Litigation

Introduction An insolvency regime that focuses exclusively on distributing whatever assets remain in a distressed company misses a critical dimension of corporate failure: the possibility that assets were moved out

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