article thumbnail

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 with reference to Maharashtra

IP and Legal Filings

Government of India enacted the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 and the act came into force with effect from May 1, 2017. The following are the essential components of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016: Establishing Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Appellate Tribunal. 16 of 2016. [2]

article thumbnail

Intellectual Property Rights and Pharmaceutical Sector: Analyzing the Dynamic Relationship in India’s Drug Market

IIPRD

National governments use a range of policy tools to correct market flaws and regulate drug costs and pricing. On the other hand, detractors of strict patent protection contend that it can inhibit innovation by monopolizing markets and reducing competition. 5] Policies related to regulations are also quite important.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Do trade secrets matter? It is not at all clear if you ask the stock market

The IPKat

What happens when trade secrets meet the stock market? But what if markets didn’t really care about IP? My co-author Professor Andy Vivian and I are trying to better understand IP’s role by analysing the market reaction to the theft of a company’s trade secrets. Plot twist: the market is remarkably nonplussed.

Marketing 142
article thumbnail

Book review: Copyright in the Digital Single Market

The IPKat

But, for those who are yet to pick up a copy, here is what is in store: The EU legislature adopted Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) in 2019. It was against this background that the proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market was made in 2016.

article thumbnail

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 8] (CS (COMM) 980/2016. [9] 344/2018]. [6] 344/2018]. [7]

article thumbnail

LulaNO: The Legal Future of Multi-Level Marketing Companies

LexBlog IP

Founded in 2012 as a multi-level marketing company (“MLM”) selling women’s clothing, LuLaRoe reached 80,000 distributors by 2017. In 2016, the company, led by a husband-and-wife team, reported sales of approximately $1 billion. MLMs are nothing new. Based on these numbers, the future for MLM companies is bleak.

article thumbnail

[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

The IPKat

These two largest services merged their platforms a couple of years ago, which influenced the taxi market in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and several other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. These mobile services have significantly expanded the market, transferring most of Kazakhstanis from public transport to taxis.