[This post has been authored by Prajakta Pradhan, a 1st year student at Dr. Ram Manhar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow.] Facial recognition involves the use of face mapping techniques to identify an individual’s facial features and compares it with available databanks. The facial recognition market is expected to grow to $7.7 billion in…
Abrogating Self-Regulation of E-Commerce Marketplaces: An Analysis of CCI’s Market Study
[This post has been authored by Urmil Shah and Vishwa Mukhtyar, 3rd year students at Auro University, Surat.] With the growth in economic activities in digital space, the e-commerce industry has gained traction in the last decade and revenue from the sector is expected to shoot USD 120 billion by 2020. Realizing the anti-competitive concerns…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 12
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Australian Court rules that media companies are liable for defamatory user comments The Court of Appeal Supreme Court, New South Wales, made the ruling in the…
Blockchain Technology as Evidence: Hearsay or Not?
[This post has been authored by Sanah Javed, a fourth year student at the School of Law, Christ University.] Blockchain technology refers to a distributed ledger which helps record the transactions taking place between multiple users over the internet. In a blockchain, there exist multiple blocks of information that rests with the computer base of…
Protection of Graphical User Interfaces in India: Copyright or Design?
[This post has been authored by Adhyasha Samal of the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] Graphical User Interfaces (“GUIs”) refer to the visual elements of a user interface that facilitate interaction between the user and the system. GUIs are rapidly evolving and are applied in personal computers as well as phones, tablets, e-watches and other…
Post-Crypto-Writ Judgement: How(ey) to regulate the ICOs?
[This post has been authored by Harshit Goyal, currently in his 3rd year at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.] Imagine that you get to know about a cryptocurrency that had been launched recently and has been selling like hotcakes. The price of this token has been on a steep rise, and thus, you…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 11
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Private firm blocked from buying “.org” domain The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the internet naming system, decided on 30 April…
Examining Artificial Intelligence and Privacy in the light of COVID-19
[This post has been authored by Suvam Kumar, a 3rd year student at National Law University, Jodhpur.] The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the frailty of mankind’s societies and systems. In spite of tremendous progress made by humans in several fields of life, we are rendered helpless by the rapid and uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus….
Metadata by TLF: Issue 10
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Aarogya Setu raises serious privacy concerns The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India has come under heavy scrutiny for the decisions they have taken…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 9
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Zoom sued by shareholder for ‘overstating’ security claims Zoom Video Communications Inc. was hit with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on April…