• ELECTRONICS
    Flash Electronics files patent case against Royal Enfield in US court

    Flash Electronics India Ltd, a New Delhi Based automobile component manufacturer, has filed a law suit against country’s largest premium motorcycle manufacturer, Royal Enfield, in the US regarding a patent infringement of a component known as regulator-rectifier. Flash will subsequently file similar law suits against the motorcycle manufacturer in the Europe and Asia-Pacific, including India. A […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Computer law critics mull charter court fight

    Critics of the new Computer Crimes Act are threatening to challenge the law change in the Constitutional Court. They say the change in the law endangers their rights and freedom of expression as guaranteed by the constitution, and hopes the court will step in. Yingcheep Atchanont, a project manager at the Internet Dialogue on Law […]

  • NEWS
    Supreme Court: You Bought It, You Own It, You Can Resell It

    This past week the United States Supreme Court decided a case that reinforced the right to re-sell something that you had lawfully bought. Now — you might be wondering what’s so earth shattering about that.  After all, hasn’t that always been true?  You own an iPad and want to get a new tablet instead?  Just […]

  • NEWS
    Supreme Court: You Bought It, You Own It, You Can Resell It

    This past week the United States Supreme Court decided a case that reinforced the right to re-sell something that you had lawfully bought. Now — you might be wondering what’s so earth shattering about that.  After all, hasn’t that always been true?  You own an iPad and want to get a new tablet instead?  Just […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Supreme Court: You Bought It, You Own It, You Can Resell It

    This past week the United States Supreme Court decided a case that reinforced the right to re-sell something that you had lawfully bought. Now — you might be wondering what’s so earth shattering about that.  After all, hasn’t that always been true?  You own an iPad and want to get a new tablet instead?  Just […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Apple-Samsung Mobile Patent Dispute to Be Heard by US Supreme Court

    HIGHLIGHTS US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday Samsung paid Apple $548.2 million last December Apple has said Samsung was properly penalized for ripping off its work After five years of litigation, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in the bitter patent dispute between the world’s two top smartphone manufacturers over […]

  • NEWS
    Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Response on WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing

    Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Response on WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp updated its privacy policy earlier this month It has, thus, stirred a controversy among the users Delhi HC has asked govt. to submit replies by September 14 WhatsApp’s recent decision to share user data with parent company Facebook has reached the doorstep of […]

  • NEWS
    JNU appeals court upholds punishments for 21 students over ‘anti-national’ event

    The Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Appellate Authority on Tuesdayupheld the fines and punishments awarded to 21 students over an event held on its campus where “anti-national” slogans were allegedly raised, The Indian Express reported. While the fines imposed on some students have been reduced, the court has upheld temporaryrustication orders for Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking WhatsApp Encryption Key

    HIGHLIGHTS Sudhir Yadav, an RTI activist has petitioned in SC to ban WhatsApp SC had asked Yadav to approach government for this matter Recently WhatsApp had implemented end to end encryption in its app The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL urging it to ask the government to seek the private key from WhatsApp […]

  • NEWS
    Dear Supreme Court, let’s get real about sexual identities and sexual desire

    In a short span, the apex court has dug itself a massive legal hole by issuing two contradictory judgments that pull in two separate directions. Image credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP April 15 marks the second anniversary of a landmark Supreme Courtruling that recognised the status of a “third gender”. The judgement made it legal to identify oneself […]

  • NEWS
    Court Says Chemicals Caused Samsung Chip Worker’s Ovarian Cancer

    A South Korean court says exposure to carcinogens at a Samsung chip factory caused a worker’s ovarian cancer. The ruling is the first time a court in South Korea has linked ovarian cancer with chemicals that chip workers were exposed to. The Seoul Administrative Court said Friday it sees a “significant causal relationship” between the […]