A recent EPO Board of Appeal decision considered the patentability of human-animal chimeras and where the line should be drawn on moral acceptability (T 1553/22). The Board of Appeal found that the invention in question was an offence against “human dignity” given that the scope of the claims included scenarios in which human
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‘Hybrid threats, ‘grey zones’, ‘competition’, and ‘proxies’: When is it actually war?
In the last few months, suspicious fires in warehouses and aboard aircraft, the severing of undersea power and Internet cables, GPS jamming, cyber operations against critical civilian infrastructure, and allegations of influence operations and election interference have been depicted as ‘hybrid warfare’ by both politicians and the media. So-called ‘hybrid threats’ or ‘hybrid attacks’, as…
Section 143 of Railways Act doesn’t criminalise creating multiple user IDs and unauthorised actions of the authorised agents: SC
By Sucheta
Centre notifies appointment of Acting Chief Justices for High Courts of Patna and Telangana
By Sucheta
The Ministry of Law and Justice notified the appointments of Acting Chief Justices for the following High Courts:
Patna High Court
The President on 13-1-2025 appointed Justice Ashutosh Kumar, Judge of the Patna High Court as Acting Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from the date Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran relinquishes charge…
Timothy Franklyn joins Fox & Mandal as Deputy Managing Partner and National Head — Capital Markets
Fox & Mandal is pleased to announce that Timothy Franklyn has joined the firm as Deputy Managing Partner and National Head — Capital Markets in Bengaluru, effective January 15, 2024.
As an international capital markets lawyer having worked in New Delhi, Singapore, and Hong Kong, Timothy has advised governments, corporations and global investment banks…
SC grants interim protection from arrest to former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar
By Deeksha
Supreme Court: The Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, JJ. while issuing notice on the anticipatory bail plea of former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar, directed that no coercive steps be taken against her in the criminal case registered against her till the next date of hearing i.e., 14-02-2025.
Puja Khedkar…
Question regarding substance of existence of agreement can only be determined by Arbitral Tribunal: Bombay HC
By Editor_4
Bombay High Court: In a petition filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (‘the Act’) seeking reference of the disputes that had arisen between the parties regarding an agreement dated 19-02-2007 (‘the agreement’) and a deed dated 14-08-2015 which cancelled the agreement (‘cancellation deed’) to an Arbitration Tribunal, a Single…
Driving Reforms and Redefining Leadership: In conversation with Sudhaker Shukla
Sh. Sudhaker Shukla took charge as Whole-Time Member, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India on 14-11-2019. As a member of the Indian Economic Service, he has a vast experience of over 34 years in various capacities across ministries and departments of the Government of India. His last assignment was as Chief Economic Adviser in…
‘Mediation: A Critical Tool for Commercial Dispute Resolution’; ICA launches the ICA Rules of Commercial Mediation
By Editor_4
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The symposium brought together legal luminaries, scholars, policy stakeholders and seasoned ADR practitioners to delve into the transformative potential of commercial mediation in promoting efficient and…
Apple appears in UK court for overcharging customers in class-action lawsuit
Apple appeared before the UK competition appeal tribunal for overcharging customers in a class-action lawsuit in a class-action lawsuit on Monday.
Rachael Kent-Aitken, representing the claimants, brought the collective action through Article 47B of the Competition Act 1998, which allows a court-authorized representative to bring legal action that combines several individual claims into one…