What if someone steals your company name? What are the provisions in the law if someone else uses your business name? Find out By Shambhavi Anand | April 15, 2010 -FRANCHISE INDIA Entrepreneurs, in this day and age, might disagree with William Shakespeare, who once said, “What’s in a name,” because there is a lot […]
Orkut, Twitter & Facebook messages can be used as evidence in Indian courts Courtesy : IANS :5-4-2010
Orkut, Twitter & Facebook messages can be used as evidence in Indian courts Courtesy : IANS :5-4-2010 Anu Sharma, 30, suspected that her husband was lying to her every time he cited urgent business tours to stay out of the house. One day she finally got proof in the form of a tweet. The next […]
Wifi Security, Digit magazine, February 2010
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Use Secure portals, Economic Times, 2010
If you do not take care to ensure that the site you are visiting for making an online payment is technically secure, your passwords and credit card details can be compromised and a duplicate credit card bearing the same data as yours can be generated. A typing error while entering the website address may lead […]
Country Focus – Opening up the Indian legal market – Debbie Legall,International Bar Association 2010
A new era dawns for the world’s largest democracy as the legal services market begins its journey to liberalisation. The passing of the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Bill by the Indian Parliament on 12 December 2008 could signify the start of a new chapter in legal history for the world’s largest democracy. The Bill, which […]
Forum selection clause, Franchise India, 2010
Discrepancies are quite natural in franchise relationships. Hence, a well-defined process or a set of law is required to resolve disputes. For this reason, the legal framework of franchising covers Forum Selection Clause that comes to the fore in case the crisis situation reaches saturation level. WHEN a franchisor selects a franchisee or a franchisee […]
cops should block offending websites, DNA News, Nov 9, 2009
Expert speak- DNA NEWS< NOV 9, 2009 Cops should block offending websites It is a criminal offence to sell sex games with graphic visuals. Under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code whoever sells, rents out, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation can be hauled up. The law also specially restricts […]
More teeth and byte to IT law, Hindu Businessline, 9th November 2009
Changes to the IT Act will enable it to crack down on cyber offences strongly but the law is ‘soft’ in parts, say experts.. When it comes to spamming, the grouse is that the relevant Section (Section 66 A) would only apply if the identity of the spammer is established. Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee Nearly three […]
Market Entry Strategy- JV and Franchise- Interview with Seth Associates , Franchising world magazine, Nov 2009
Market entry strategy- Franchising World-Nov 2009 (Interview with Seth Associates) by Amanpreet Many foreign companies have taken recourse to the joint venture to enter the emerging Indian market. TFW explores various facets of the most viable business route for entering into the new market. Research before you decide When any company plans to unveil its brand […]