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Ayush Menon

Types of Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual property is considered to be the property that includes intangible creations of human intelligence such as art, design, literary works. Intellectual property rights are the referred to legal rights given to the inventor or manufacturer to protect their inventions, designs, and literary works. The object of intellectual property protection

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Legal Status of Live-in Relationships

The trend of “live-in relationship” came into existence in the 1990s. A live-in relationship is a form of arrangement where a couple lives in the same house without being married. The practice of a live-in relationship is way different from marriage because, unlike marriage which has a legal definition, a

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Note on Uniform Civil Code

In India, even the age of marriage is not uniform and even non-religion-neutral. This is the reason why India needs Uniform Civil Code. Long back even Dr. B.R. Ambedkar wanted Uniform Civil Code in our country. He said “I do not understand why religion should be given this vast, expansive

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Somalia v. Kenya: Shaping the Legality of MoU

Introduction The semi-autonomous 62,000-square-mile triangle Jubba land region has become a battleground in the Kenya-Somalia maritime dispute. It is rooted in a disagreement over which direction, parallel to the equator or equidistant line, the border between the two countries extends into the Indian Ocean.  In 2009, the Kenyan Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Somali

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Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Rights: An Introspect

INTRODUCTION In our common understanding, Artificial intelligence is the ability of the computer to make decisions on its own. In today’s tech-savvy world AI is quickly gaining intense and widespread momentum for e.g. Sophia the 1st humanoid robot to receive citizenship from any country or Google’s machine learning algorithm which

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Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights

Fundamental rights are those rights that are considered essential for the dignified life of any individual and are hence offered a higher level of protection as compared to other laws. These rights are enshrined under part III of the Indian constitution and any right which obliterates the principles of these

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Bijoe Emmanuel and Ors. Vs State of Kerala

INTRODUCTION In the year 1985, a matter of national importance came before Kerala high court and then it went to Supreme Court. The matter was concerned with the singing of the national anthem. This matter contradicts with religious beliefs of a sect called Jehovah’s witnesses in respect to article 25

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Rawalpenta Venkalu and Another v. State of Hyderabad

Introduction The unlawful killing of a human being with malicious intent by another human being is known as murder. Murder is defined under Sec 300 of INDIAN PENAL CODE as follows:  Sec 300 IPC  “Except in the cases hereinafter, excepted, culpable homicide is murder, if the act by which the death

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