Ideas, Owned: The Indian Startup and the Two Estates of Intellectual Property
In four decades at the IP bar, ideas have travelled from the margins of Indian commerce to its centre. A reflection on the startup's place in the IP ecosystem — and the uneasy relationship between owning data and answering for it under GDPR.
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Against the Reflex: When the Arbitration Clause Is the Wrong Choice
The appointment of an arbitrator has itself become a litigation. With the Commercial Courts Act now delivering structure, timelines and a specialist bench, the default arbitration clause may be the more expensive road to the same courthouse.
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Reading the DPDP Act: What Consent Really Demands of You
India's data-protection regime reshapes how businesses collect, hold, and answer for personal data. A first look at the obligations that bite hardest — and the quiet ways a consent notice can fail.
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The Evolving Contours of Maintenance After Separation
Courts have moved steadily toward a standard-of-living test. What recent jurisprudence tells us about how maintenance is now assessed, argued, and — increasingly — quantified on paper.
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Why a Term Sheet Binds More Than the Parties Intend
"Subject to contract" is not the shield founders imagine. On the clauses in a non-binding term sheet that quietly survive negotiation — exclusivity, confidentiality, governing law — and how to draft around them.
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Master of Nothing: What an Unsigned Franchise Agreement Costs the Franchisee
India has no single Franchise Law, and no mandatory disclosure regime. What a franchisee must settle before signing, and what is actually lost by operating on trust and a handshake instead.
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When the Cargo Falls Short: What Importers of Agricultural Goods Must Know About Writing Off an Import Bill
Shortfall, spoilage and rejection are routine in bulk agricultural trade. A guide to the RBI framework that lets an importer close the file, and the paper trail the Authorised Dealer bank will actually ask for.
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Borrowed Security: The Due Diligence a Third Party Pledge Truly Demands
When the collateral behind a loan belongs to someone who never borrowed a rupee, diligence and liability structuring protect all three parties, not just the two who signed the facility.
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Grown Elsewhere: How India's Fertiliser and Seed Subsidy Ends Up in the Company's Ledger
Urea price control, the Nutrient Based Subsidy scheme, and hybrid seed economics are each built to keep farm inputs affordable. A look at why the value they create tends to settle with the seller rather than the farmer.
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Possession, Not Title: What an Injunction Against Illegal Eviction Actually Stops
An injunction against illegal eviction restrains self help, nothing more. Why it rarely stops a landlord from filing a proper eviction suit, and why the landlord who follows due process very often wins it.
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