Ashneet is a AIBE qualified advocate and enrolled in the Bar Council of Delhi. She is a part of the corporate and commercial practice of Ahlawat and Associates.
She has experience in drafting, review and management of diverse commercial contracts, notices and documentation for South Asia and has worked on settlements, general advisory and legal risk management. She has previously worked in-house in a multinational company in India in the medical law sector.
The Delhi High Court (‘Court’) vide an interim order (dated October 19, 2022) in the case of Siddhant Icecreams LLP & Ors. vs Ameet Pahilani & Ors. [CS(COMM) 735/2022] restrained the defendants from use of the plaintiffs’ trademarks – Natural Ice Cream. The grievance of the plaintiffs in the instant case concerned the infringement and …
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On October 3, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Broadcasting and Information (‘Ministry’) issued two separate advisories (collectively ‘Advisories’), addressed to private satellite television channels and to digital media platforms [viz. ‘publishers of news and current affairs content on digital media’ and ‘publishers of online curated content’ i.e. (OTT platforms)] respectively, directing the relevant parties to …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (“FSSAI”) has recently published the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 (“Vegan Regulations”) under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (“FSS Act”) to regulate the manufacture, sale, packing, distribution and import of vegan food items in the country. The new Vegan Regulations have been …
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The Indian Central Consumer Protection Authority (“CCPA”) has issued ‘Guidelines for Preventions of Misleading Advertisement and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022’ (“Guidelines”) to provide for the prohibition and regulation of false and misleading advertisements and endorsements made in relation thereto. The Guidelines, which came into effect on June 9 2022, apply to all manner of …
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“IT Ministry”) has (on June 6, 2022) released the proposed draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021”) for public consultation. The existing IT Rules, 2021 (which were notified on February 25, 2021) set out various compliances for intermediaries (including …
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-In”) (an agency operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India) recently released a document, consisting of 44 frequently asked questions (“FAQs”), in a bid to clarify the new directives (dated April 28, 2022) relating to “information security practices, procedure prevention, response and reporting of …
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The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-In”) has issued key directives dated April 28, 2022 (“Directions”) under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) relating to “information security practices, procedure, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents”, which aim to strengthen cyber security practices in India. CERT-In is the national nodal agency (under the Ministry …
In the modern world, cyberspace is as relevant as the virtual space that an individual occupies. However, even as the average person lives and transacts online as easily as they do offline, they are not being regulated and held accountable in the same manner. As more and more of our daily lives migrate online, accelerated …
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A trademark traditionally (in India as well as in other countries) is viewed as a two-dimensional (“2D”) visual mark, either in the form of a word or a logo. However, recently it has been observed that consumers not only distinguish a particular product/service of a business (from those of other businesses) through visual marks (such …
