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United Kingdom: Asian Liberalisation - In The Air?

  Raj Kumar Makkad   01 November 2009 at 12:03

Several years ago, the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) informally agreed that they would work towards full liberalisation o ..


Posted in Civil Law |   2060 Views


Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures

  Raj Kumar Makkad   01 November 2009 at 12:03

Disciplinary procedures: easy when you know what you're doing, but a costly & bureaucratic nightmare when you don't tick all the right boxes during the process. Getting a clear set of disciplinary rules in place for your organisation isn't diffic ..


Posted in Labour & Service Law |   6666 Views


Copyrights are going to be forgotton

  Raj Kumar Makkad   31 October 2009 at 17:55

Either copyright should apply equally to all works, or it should apply to none,I disagree. We should be careful in determining which classes of works we should grant copyrights to, and which we should not, and what the maximum lengths of the terms fo ..


Posted in Intellectual Property Rights |   2356 Views


FAQs for VOs/NGOs

  jyoti    31 October 2009 at 17:55

FAQs for VOs/NGOs What is a Voluntary Organization (VO) / Non Governmental Organization (NGO)? Voluntary organizations (VOs) / Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) include organizations engaged in public service, based on ethical, cultural, social, ..


Posted in Others |   3350 Views


United States: Licenses Do Not Automatically Transfer In The

  Raj Kumar Makkad   30 October 2009 at 23:19

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit underscores the danger of assuming you can transfer IP licenses in a merger or business sale without the express consent of the licensor.In Cincom Systems Inc. v. Novelis Corp., Cin ..


Posted in Intellectual Property Rights |   2094 Views


The Joy Of Negotiation

  Raj Kumar Makkad   30 October 2009 at 23:19

How to persuade clients to negotiate (and that they might enjoy it!)In 1906, Jack B. Yeats wrote an article for The Guardian describing the Flat Iron Market in Manchester:"Here you do not stand sourly while a pale-faced short-tempered shopman wh ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   906 Views


United Kingdom: Anti-Suit Injunctions: Exclusive Jurisdictio

  Raj Kumar Makkad   30 October 2009 at 23:19

SummaryIn Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc v China Haisheng Juice Holdings Co. Ltd. an English court has held that an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the English courts in the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement ("Master Agreement&quo ..


Posted in Civil Law |   2352 Views


cyber Crime

  Member (Account Deleted)   30 October 2009 at 14:55

The term ‘cyber crime’ is a misnomer. This term has nowhere been defined in any statute /Act passed or enacted by the Indian Parliament. The concept of cyber crime is not radically different from the concept of conventional crime. Both i ..


Posted in Others |   2350 Views


Whether Central Plan to clear pending cases by 2012 will

  Raj Kumar Makkad   30 October 2009 at 14:54

NEW DELHI: The Centre for the first time made public its plan to deal with the huge pendency of over three crore cases in the trial courts and high and told the SC that it was preparing a roadmap to ‘liquidate’ the backlog in courts by th ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   882 Views


Billions worth of Indian wealth in Swiss banks

  Raj Kumar Makkad   30 October 2009 at 14:54

CHENNAI: Billions of dollars of Indian wealth could be stuck in Swiss bank accounts simply because of the absent-mindedness of their original account holders. Apart from the money that living tax evaders may have stashed away in tax havens, there is ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   774 Views