India: Licensing & Syndication

The change is effected through two instruments: the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Amendment Regulations, 2026, notified via gazette on 10th March, 2026[1] (the “Amendment Regulations”), and a subsequent implementation order dated 13th March, 2026[2] (the “Order”) issued by FSSAI directing all licensing authorities to apply the revised thresholds with effect from 1st April, 2026.

The dispute had its origins in 2014, when Vodafone signed agreements with Saregama to use songs for its caller tune and ringtone value-added services (VAS). IPRS maintained that while music labels own the copyright in sound recordings, lyricists and composers retain separate rights in the underlying literary and musical works.

Artificial Intelligence’s great advance, deepfake technology, and digital content creation has very much transformed the online environment. Though these new technologies bring out many benefits...

In an era defined by accelerating technological change, Patent Litigation stands at the crossroads of innovation and corporate competition.

Rare diseases pose some of the gravest challenges in healthcare. Though uncommon individually, they collectively affect millions of people worldwide

The topic of Compulsory licensing (CL) is right in the centre of a huge controversy of intellectual property and the fundamental right to health.

Differences in how to commercialize intellectual property exist from country to country. With different multinational corporations, startups, and research institutions clamoring to internationalize their innovation...

Intellectual property laws allow its owners to exclude others from performing certain specified acts, at the same time it allows him to grant third parties special permission to perform any of those acts through licensing, while retaining ownership.

As millions tune into their love for cricket, we log into another IPL: the Indian policy landscape (IPL). This IPL looks more like a test match though, not a T20 — we are all in it for the long haul.