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Mergers and Acquisitions, in Ontario: What Business Owners Need to Know

Nelligan Law

Why Businesses Consider a Merger or Acquisition Expansion:Acquiring a competitor can result in a increase in the companys existing market share while also eliminating the competition and acquiring their expertise with it. Economies of scope can arise from leveraging combined resources to develop new products or enter new markets.

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European Copyright Society (ECS): Comment on Copyright and the Digital Services Act Proposal

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a Regulation on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act, DSA) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC. 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD). 17 CDSMD, and DSA rules on issues that Art. To ensure consistency, Art.

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Trademark Enforcement In E-Market : Challenges In Identifying The Infringer And Holding Them Accountable

IP and Legal Filings

These E-commerce platforms make it simple to access consumer goods from a computer or smart phone, but they also, by their very nature, make it simple for counterfeiters to market their counterfeit goods. In the year 2017 the market value of the E-commerce was $38.5 3] Section 2(1)(ua)(w), The Information Technology Act, 2000. [4]

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Delhi High Court Orders Amazon to Pay Rs. 339 Crore Damages: A Wake-Up Call for E-Commerce Giants on Counterfeit Goods

Selvam & Selvam Blog

crore (USD 5 million) for the extra marketing and advertising costs that Plaintiffs incurred to repair its damaged reputation. The Plaintiff argues that Amazon failed to exercise sufficient due diligence and allowed counterfeits to be sold under its platform. Singh, ruled in favour of the Plaintiffs awarding Rs 292.7

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Amendments to IT Rules

IP and Legal Filings

Due diligence requirements: Online gaming intermediaries are required to comply with all due diligence requirements applicable to intermediaries in general under IT Rules 2021. Conclusion By the financial year 2027, it is predicted that India’s online gaming market will have grown by 27% CAGR to $8.6

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Fashion Copyright and Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Indian courts, for the longest time, followed the doctrine of “sweat of brow”, upholding the belief that a work requires only due diligence and effort, rather than originality and creativity in order to be granted copyright protection. What is the Indian take on originality v. creativity? Copyright Act or Design Act?

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The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Part 2 – Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at the Intermediaries

SpicyIP

In the first part, we summarized the proposed amendments and specifically delved into the proposed amendments to Rule 3(1)(a) and (b), arguing that it goes against the Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) as well as the judicially developed principles of intermediary liability and obligations in Shreya Singhal , Kent RO v.