Spotify v Potify
The music streaming service Spotify won a trademark dispute in the USA over the app name POTIFY – an app for medical Marijuana. Spotify successfully claimed that its own brand SPOTIFY was diluted by the app name POTIFY – which was allegedly inspired by Shopify and ”pot”.
Tunisia’s new constitution
On 25 July 2022, Tunisia held a referendum on the revised constitution put forward by the President Kais Saied in the process of establishing a new republic.
Revlon Files for bankruptcy protection
Revlon, the American Cosmetic multinational company filed for bankruptcy. The company was unable to avail the customers for its products on time. There was disruption in the supply chain of raw materials from China to the United States at overpriced rates.
U.S Supreme court on Clean Air Act West Virginia v. the US Environmental Protection Agency
The Supreme Court has made it more challenging for the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases and fight climate change
China’s regulation in the Entertainment industry
China’s focus on developing and promoting a healthy entertainment industry. Having this goal in focus, it has made certain regulations to “improve the professional quality of performers thereby standardizing their professional behaviour and promote the healthy development of the performing arts industry and the society.”
Social media Censorship law in Texas
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s order blocking Texas law stopping large social media platforms , like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, from removing political posts, a blow for tech companies that say their content moderation decisions are protected by the Constitution.
Hungary legally allowed to leave European Union
Hungary's parliament has given its approval to a proposal to abolish the European Parliament as an elected body and replace it with a system where the national legislatures of the bloc's 27 members appoint representatives.
EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP):2023-2027
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Union. Following the devastation of the Second world war, the six countries, the founding members called the European community – Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and West Germany stepped up initiatives to revise the social and economic fabric of the nations together.
CBIC cannot initiate recovery of dues: Supreme Court of India
In India, when the corporate insolvency process commences, the adjudicating authority is mandated to declare a moratorium on continuation or initiation of any coercive legal action against the Corporate Debtor.
Miranda Rights Violation: US
On June 23, 2022, Justice Samuel Alito delivered the majority opinion in the Supreme court of United States, reversing the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit's decision, holding that a Miranda violation does not provide a basis for a §1983 claim.
Challenges Yet Facing The International Environmental Agreements
Paris Climate agreement is an international agreement between countries to create policies and legislations to mitigate and adapt to climate change thus participating in bringing about betterment in climate to sustain life.
Belarus Air Travel Crisis
The Council of the European Union decided to intensify the existing restrictive measure regarding the situation in Belarus by imposing a ban on the overflight of the airspace of EU and on the access by all kinds of Belarusian carriers to EU airports.
Thailand’s bill on voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders
Thailand government passes the bill, it will join a small group of countries that use chemical castration. Those countries are-- Poland, Estonia, Russia and South Korea, plus some American states.
Protection of human rights defenders in Mongolia
Mongolia adopts new law for human rights defenders, the first of its kind in Asia. This encourages other countries in the same milestone to make laws aiming to protect and encourage their fighters defending human rights.
New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill 2022
The ministry of Health and Family welfare ( MoHFW) released a draft of New drugs and medical devices and Cosmetics Bill 2022, to keep pace with changing needs, time and technology. The existing Drugs and cosmetics Act, 1940, is a pre-independence legislation enacted by the Central Legislative Assembly.
Privacy laws
After Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court last month, privacy laws wereinitiated over raised concerns that personal data could be used as evidence that a user sought an abortion.
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French Constitutional Court confirms ticket touting ban is legal
France’s constitutional court (Constitutional Council) has ruled that the country’s 2012 anti-ticket touting laws are compliant with the French constitution, knocking back secondary platform Viagogo’s efforts to have the law ruled unconstitutional on the basis they are “disproportionate breach of freedom of enterprise” – a move backed by rival platform, Ticketbis, owned by eBay’s StubHub.
What are crypto-assets, cryptocurrencies, tokens and stable coins?
Crypto-assets are digital assets that can be used as a means of exchange or for investments. Unlike traditional banking, there is no need for a central register - they are based on distributed ledger technology that enables transactions to be recorded securely by a network of computers.
Preserving Marine life
The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) concluded on July 1, 2022, in Lisbon after a full five days of discussions and events focused on achieving a shared goal: U.N. Sustainable Development Goal No. 14 (SDG14), which aims to protect life below water.
Kenya’s new cybercrime law
The country has been targeted by hackers in several major attacks since the advancement of internet and its usage by its citizens. Even though The Kenya Information Communication Act and penal code already exists that regulates and criminalizes such cybercrimes, the Computer and Cyber Crime Act has superseded the already existing act.
