Shantanu Mathur, Author at Tech Law Forum @ NALSAR

The Concept of a Software Patent in India

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Shantanu Mathur

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A new challenge to the legal profession, particularly in the domain of intellectual property rights, has been that of examining the idea of a software. New software, with varying levels of originality or innovation is created every day. If you made one unlike anybody else ever had before, would you patent it or copyright it? What would be the extent of protection granted by whichever one that you (or the law in your jurisdiction) choose? Should such a right even be given to the innovators? This piece will take a look at the Indian law, establish a position and also discuss changes that can be made to it.

Apple Watch, Google GLASS, and Other Wearables: A Privacy Nightmare?

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Shantanu Mathur

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The Pornography Question

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Shantanu Mathur

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The Problem

Email Read Receipts: The Postal Rule in the Electronic Age

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Shantanu Mathur

Only last semester, I had a slight mix-up regarding my project submission where my professor did not receive the mail containing my project despite it being in my sent folder. By the time I realised that he hadn’t received it, it was too late. It was that what got me thinking about read receipts. A read receipt is basically an intimation that your sent email was read by your intended recipient. This could be immensely helpful to people who send material that would generally require a reply on the part of the other party. I for one can attest to that. Imagine sending your internship applications with the read receipt turned on. You’ll know exactly when they read it and you’ll no more have to suffer the torture of wondering whether they actually haven’t had time to look at your application yet or are simply ignoring it. However, the aim of this post is to examine if these would be of any assistance to us in the legal profession.