Shell Brands International AG and Anr. Vs. Gagan Chanana and Ors. 2010 (44) PTC 193 (Del) Plaintiffs claimed to be owners of the ‘SHELL’ brand and several trademarks for petroleum based products. Defendants were engaged in marketing auto cables and machinery. Plaintiffs’ Case Plaintiffs became aware in Feb. 2002 that the Defendants had applied for…
Find out what liabilities you can still incur as an acquirer of a company in respect of payment of provident fund dues even though the agreement explicitly excludes any liability on part of the transferee company. The judgment highlights the importance of due diligence regarding employment related liabilities prior to acquisition of one company by another.
Well, you read the Dashrath Rupsingh Case of Supreme Court on territorial jurisdiction in cheque bouncing case . Now read the summary of this Bombay High Court’s judgment delivered on August 25, 2014 which held that all the cases of cheque bouncing, where the cheque was payable at all branches of the bank, can be filed in the court within whose local jurisdiction the nearest available branch of Drawer’s bank was situated.
UPDATED: Mr. Ramanbhai Mathurbhai Patel vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr., Cr. Writ Petition No. 2362/2014 (Bombay High Court, August 25, 2014) which discusses the landmark Dashrath Singh judgment delivered by Supreme Court on August 1, 2014.
Find out what troubles you can invite by simply linking to a website and asking your website developer to provide for framing web content from other websites. The complete article will follow soon.
Find out what Metatags are all about and how they can make you liable for manipulative Meta Tagging and Cyber Stuffing. Here is the list of all landmark cases in US and India which will be followed by a complete article soon by us.
Learn the rules for interpretation of contracts in this series. This is the first part to be followed by two other posts.
Five Principles for Interpretation of Contracts Facts There was a contract between a Norwegian and a German company for supply of 200 tonnes of haaksjoringskod. This substance could mean shark meat or whale meat. When the German company entered into the contract, the German company intended to import whale meat. However, the Norwegian company thought…
Composite Contracts and Applicability of Sales Tax: Is ‘Dominant Intention Test’ still hold good?
WHAT IS COMPULSORILY CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE (CCD)? A debenture indisputably creates and recognizes the existence of a debt and till it is discharged, either by payment or by conversion, the debenture would essentially represent a debt. A Compulsorily Convertible Debenture is a debt which is compulsorily liable to be discharged by conversion into equity. Any amount payable by the issuer…
One of the most sought and used mode of communication is internet. A decade ago Internet connectivity may have been considered a luxury, but today it has become a necessity. It’s been several years since France has made access to Internet a human right. Finland has gone a step further and mandated access to a…
All you need to know about Open Source Software and its protections under copyright laws.