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 and the DPDP Act.
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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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