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RK Dewan & Co | India | 17 Feb 2021
Writ is not the right way!
Promila Chauhan, trading as, Divyank Enterprises ("Chauhan") registered the mark "Gopal" with respect to Rusk (a tea time snack item). Satpaul Mittal…
Troutman Pepper | USA | 24 Feb 2020
Standing to Appeal
General Electric petitioned for an IPR against a United Technologies patent relating to gas turbine engines. General Electric was unsuccessful…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 21 Mar 2019
Arizona Employers, Remain Vigilant! State Legislature Approves New Service Methods for Writs of Garnishments
The Arizona legislature recently passed a bill that would amend Arizona Revised Statutes Section 12-1574 to change how writs of garnishments can be…
Youssry Saleh & Partners | Egypt | 10 Jan 2019
Egyptian Law: Collateral Securities
Mortgages are defined as the debt instrument, loans in which obtained movable, or immovable is put up as collateral for the loan, wherein a debtor who…
Jones Day | USA | 26 Dec 2018
PTAB Denies Stay Pending Sovereign Immunity Cert Petition
In Microsoft Corp. v. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the PTAB refused to stay ten IPRs filed by Microsoft while Patent Owner St. Regis appeals a Federal…
Grau & Angulo | European Union | 24 Dec 2018
Preliminary injunctions granted against Blablatel Mobile for parallel imports
In October 2018 the EU Trademark Court Number 1 of Alicante granted the interim injunction application filed by Xiaomi Inc against Blablatel Mobile SL for trademark infringement due to the parallel import of technological products from outside the European Economic Area. This decision is notable, as it confirms that importing goods that were originally intended to be marketed outside the......
Khaitan & Co | India | 18 Dec 2018
Bombay High Court upholds constitutionality of Maharashtra's right to tax lottery schemes
The Bombay High Court recently upheld the constitutionality of the Maharashtra Tax on Lotteries Act 2006. The legality and taxation of lottery schemes in Maharashtra has been at the centre of a catena of judgments, including State of Bombay v RMD Chamarbaugwala and Writ Petition 854/2007. The latest judgment clarifies that the taxation of lotteries falls within the ambit of the term 'betting......
BDO LLP | India | 30 Nov 2018
Transfer pricing update
There have been several recent cases regarding transfer pricing. For example, the tax tribunal found that a taxpayer was not a contract manufacturer, as sales and purchases from an associated enterprise had been negligible. In another case, the tax tribunal ruled that high turnover is a relevant criterion for accepting or rejecting a comparable. Further, a high court found that final......
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 27 Nov 2018
Puttin’ on the Writs
Here in the land of appellate law, there’s nothing more we like than diving into an area of dusty, obscure legal procedure. The land of ancient writs…
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan | India | 26 Nov 2018
Corporate Amicus - November 2018
In 2017, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI"), India's central bank, published a "Working Group Report on Fin Tech and Digital Banking" that discussed…
