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This podcast focuses on one of the important issues of idea-expression dichotomy, and the litigant approaching the Courts for reliefs at the eleventh hour, under the copyright law, citing the case of Vinay Vats v. Fox Star Studios India Pvt. Ltd.  

Audio Source: An article published in November 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/timing-of-institution-of-a-civil-action-is-crucial/ 

Voice: Vrinda Maheshwari, Practice Development Manager (L&S) 

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This week’s podcast discusses the case Sparx Group Co. Ltd. v. Senior Examiner of Trade Marks; thereby highlighting the real purpose of a trademark which is to uniquely identify and distinguish a brand’s identity to avoid consumer confusion.  

Audio Source: An article published in November 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/trademarks-registration-of-similar-identical-marks-if-services-goods-offered-are-distinct/   

Voice: Vrinda Maheshwari, Practice Development Manager (L&S) 

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This podcast discusses the most contentious issue of employee recoveries in both, pre-GST era and GST era, which was subsequently addressed by Maharashtra Authority of Advance Ruling (‘AAR’) in case of Tata Motors Ltd. 

Audio Source: An article published in September 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/tata-motors-aar-decision-a-fix-to-the-age-old-strife/# 

Author: Tanya Garg, Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Gunmeher Juneja, Principal Associate (L&S)  

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This podcast focuses on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020, which was passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in September 2020, and highlights the proposed key changes the bill evokes.  

Audio Source: An article published in October 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/regulating-the-foreign-contribution-changing-regime/# 

Author: Sudish Sharma, Executive Partner (L&S) and Shikha Thakkar, Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S) 

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This week’s podcast focusses on the new Equalisation Levy (‘2020 Levy’ / ‘EL’) which is imposed on non-resident e-commerce facilitators.  

Audio Source: An article published in October 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/equalisation-levy-on-non-resident-e-commerce-facilitators-analysing-amount-for-tax/# 

Author: Harshit Khurana, Senior Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Gunmeher Juneja, Principal Associate (L&S) 

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2020 has had an adverse effect on economies worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic and given the same, corporates are more cautious about liquidity flow and many are unsure about proceeding with M&A deals. This podcast highlights the various approaches to execute M&A transactions that companies may consider amid this economic crisis.  

Audio Source: An article published on October 2020 in International Law Office. It can also be accessed on https://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Corporate-FinanceMA/International/Lakshmikumaran-Sridharan/MA-in-2020-adjusting-to-COVID-19-shockwaves# 

Authors: Sudish Sharma, Executive Partner (L&S), and Shikha Thakkar, Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S) 

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The anti-dumping investigation by EU concerning mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate is one of those unprecedented cases where the lesser “duty rule” was suspended for the first time. Our this week’s podcast analyses this case.

Audio Source: An article published in August 2020 on https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/suspension-of-lesser-duty-rule-by-the-eu-in-anti-dumping-investigations/# 

Author: Vikrant Nehra, Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Vrinda Maheshwari, Practice Development Manager (L&S) 

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The podcast explains the latest FDI policy laying down restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) from bordering countries, in light of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Audio Source: An article published in the month of September 2020 on https://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Corporate-FinanceMA/India/Lakshmikumaran-Sridharan/Restrictions-on-FDI-from-bordering-countries

Authors: Gaurav Dayal, Partner (L&S); Kunal Arora, Joint Partner (L&S); Gunmeher Juneja, Principal Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S)  

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The podcast discusses the thin line which a payment needs to cross in order to become a consideration from a GST law perspective.  

Audio Source: An article published in the month of August 2020 on the L&S website: https://www.lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/contractual-payment-consideration/  

Author: Mansi Goel, Principal Associate (L&S)  

Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S)  

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This podcast discusses the case of Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG v. Om Balajee Automobile (India) Private Limited for trademark infringement and the subsequent judgement by the Delhi High Court. 

Audio Source: An article published in August 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/dishonest-adoption-of-a-well-known-trademark-for-dissimilar-goods-and-services-a-ground-of-infringement/# 

Author: Anoop Verma, Associate (L&S) 

Voice: Dhruv Matta, Principal Associate (L&S) 

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The podcast discusses the Corporate Social Responsibility policy introduced under the Companies Act, 2013 to discharge social responsibility through innovative ideas and management skills in India.  

Audio Source: An article published in August 2020 on the L&S website: https://lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/corporate-social-responsibility-and-implementation-agencies/#   

Authors: Sudish Sharma, Executive Partner (L&S), and Shikha Thakkar, Associate (L&S)  

Voice: Gunmeher Juneja, Principal Associate (L&S)  

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This podcast highlights the issues that arise during the contract such as liquidated damages, free-of-cost (FOC) supplies by recipients, etc., and also discusses the laws for the breach of the contract.

 Audio Source: A webinar organized by L&S on ‘Consideration of Contract v. Conditions of Contract - An analysis of GST and Service Tax Laws' in July 2020.

 Moderator: B L Narasimhan, Principal Partner (L&S)
 Speakers: Raghavan Ramabadran, Executive Partner (L&S), and Narendra Singhvi, Joint Partner (L&S)
 Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S) 

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This podcast summarises the various anti-competitive activities analysed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and some of the noteworthy mergers and acquisitions approved by the CCI in the Indian automobile industry.

 Content: Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Partner (L&S), and Neelambera Sandeepan, Joint Partner (L&S)
 Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S) 

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As businesses across the world get disrupted amidst the coronavirus pandemic, a ‘new normal’ is on the horizon. Social distancing has become the basic requirement for now and is likely to remain so even in the post-pandemic era. While factoring in ‘social distancing’ in our personal lives seems challenging enough from a long-term perspective, the impact that it has had, and will continue to have, in the business world is far and beyond. This podcast focuses on opportunities in the post-pandemic world for Startups and MSMEs.

 The podcast is based on an article published in YourStory in June 2020. You may read the article on https://yourstory.com/2020/05/opportunities-lie-ahead-startups-msme-post-pandemic

Authors: L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner (L&S); Kunal Arora, Joint Partner (L&S); and Gunmeher Juneja, Principal Associate (L&S)
Voice: Rishabh Chopra, Joint Partner (L&S) 

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COVID-19 has strained the Indian healthcare sector unlike ever before. While hospitals and healthcare professionals struggle to meet the continuously increasing demand, the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries have been presented with a novel challenge as well as opportunity to develop vaccine and remedial drugs for COVID-19. Concurrently, pharmaceutical companies are also besieged with the need for other critical and essential medication for domestic consumption and exports.

 Author: Neelambera Sandeepan, Joint Partner (L&S)
 Voice: Gunmeher Juneja, Principal Associate (L&S)

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