Vol.16, No. 63, Spring 2023
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Vol.16, No. 63, Spring 2023
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Contents
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A Current Look at the State of Inequitable Conduct and Other Equitable Concerns




Inequitable conduct is an “equitable defense to patent infringement that, if proved, bars enforcement of a patent. ” Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. , 649 F. 3d 1276,...Read more

Xiaoguang Michelle Gao
Associate VP - Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, USA
Jordan Cowger
Finnegan, USA
Melissa Santos
Finnegan, USA
Stacy Lewis
Law Clerk, Finnegan, USA

Tom Irving
Partner, Marbury Law Group, USA
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Emergency Arbitration: An Indian Perspective

Premised on the cornerstone of party-autonomy and flexible dispute resolution, international arbitration has continued to evolve with changing times to ensure that it continues to build upon these cornerstones. In...Read more

Ajay Bhargava
Partner, Khaitan & Co LLP, India
Deepak Acharya
Group General Counsel, Aditya Birle Management, India
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A Brief Study on References and Requirements that Search Ethical Precepts in Human Interaction with Artificial Intelligence
Society is going through a moment of greater intensification of human interaction with systems that use artificial intelligence, systems that have brought countless benefits and facilities for the development and...Read more

Thiago Veloso
Legal Director, Hydro Extrusion Brasil S.A., Brazil
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Gone are the Days of Corporate Social Responsibility; These are the Days of Corporate Responsibility

Although the concepts of corporate governance have been with us for a long time, the actual implementation of it by the large corporations still provokes controversy. This concept may have...Read more

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute, UK
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Why the Silence on Vertical Price Restraints?
Despite pronouncements that a “New Wave” of antitrust enforcement is underway, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have exercised collective silence...Read more

Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA
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Navigating Government-Imposed Sanctions in Administration




Prior to entering into administration, CargoLogicAir was the UK’s only maindeck freighter airline, which also secured a major contract to transport urgent medical supplies to combat COVID-19. CargoLogicAir is an...Read more

James Davison
Partner, Restructuring, DLA Piper UK, UK
John Forrest
Head of Global Trade & Regulatory Affairs, DLA Piper, UK

Chris Parker
Partner and International Co-Chair, Restructuring and Insolvency, DLA Piper UK, UK

David Fordham
General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Buchler Phillips, UK

David Buchler
Chairman, Insolvency Practitioner, Buchler Phillips, UK
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Is China’s Increased Investment Elevating Latin America’s Risk Profile?



Economic initiatives within the Latin America region over the past two decades have led to a dramatic increase in investment from China, particularly within critical industries such as energy, infrastructure,...Read more

Drew Costello
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA

Jordan Basich
Associate Director, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA

Brian Ross
Associate Director, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA
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New Priorities of Corporate Directors: Geopolitical and Technological Disruptions



This article highlights the rising geopolitical tensions and technological competition between the United States (and allied liberal democracies) and China (and certain other authoritarian regimes). These geopolitical challenges will impact...Read more
Donald Rosenberg
Former General Counsel, Qualcomm, USA
David Teece
Executive Chairman, Berkeley Research Group LLC, USA
Kirti Gupta
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
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Section 112 Requirements for Life Sciences Patents
35 U.S.C. §112(a) of the US Patent Act is one of the integral parts of the quid pro quo patent system that balances the benefit of disclosure of the invention...Read more

Anagha Tendulkar
In-house Patent Counsel, Cipla, India
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India's New Regime of Personal Data Protection - Comprehensive yet Comprehensible…

India unveiled a draft of its Personal Data Protection legislation for public comments in November 2022. The proposed law christened as the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 will be...Read more

Dev Bajpai
Wholetime Director & Chief Legal Officer, Hindustan Unilever Limited, India
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Arbitration: Salient Features of Multiparty Disputes
Multiparty disputes stand at a watershed. There is a widespread scholarly scepticism regarding the set up and conduct of arbitration. The worlds of multiparty disputes and business look towards each...Read more

Dimitrios Athanasakis
Vice President - Corporate Counsel, Hill International N.V., Netherlands
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Financial Services and Global Regulatory Requirements: Balancing the ease of electronic-communications usage with regulatory expectations



Rapid technology developments over the last twenty years have significantly limited the foundational principle that financial regulators should have the ability to monitor and enforce compliance with market rules. This...Read more

Paul Brabant
Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners, UK

Anir Bhattacharyya
Partner, AlixPartners, UK

Gautam Sachdev
Partner, Alixpartners UK, UK
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Needs, Challenges, and Obstacles in the Implementation of the EU Medical Device Regulation

The Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745 is a novel piece of legislation intended to govern the high-tech commercial domain of medical devices in the European Union to the highest possible...Read more
CarlosFrancisco Marin Barrios
Consultant, Obelis Group, Belgium

Tancredi Vergani
Consultant, Obelis Group, Belgium
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Themes and Trends Underpinning Proposed Changes to Australian Individual Tax Residency Rules
The law governing Australian individual tax residency has remained largely unchanged since the relevant legislation was first enacted in 1930. Almost 100 years later, global trends unthinkable in such times...Read more

Catherine Chivers
Senior Manager - Strategic Advice, Perpetual Limited, Australia
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Navigating Through EU Outsourcing Regulations when Considering Cloud Migration of Services
Financial Entities (FEs) outsource their information and communication technology services (ICT services) to cloud service providers (CSPs) to increase operational efficiencies by streamlining back office operations and reducing costs by...Read more

Sofia Skroubi
Head of Legal Europe, Regulatory & Commercial, FNZ Group, Sweden
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Fraud is an intrinsic wrong that has an infinite variety of forms. The problem of fraud is endemic to a market economy. Common law legal and equitable doctrines have been...Read more
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Michael Ambrosio
Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, USA
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Recent Developments of Whistle-Blowers’ Protection Under EU Law, Trends and Ambiguities 
In recent years EU has identified whistleblowing protection as a strong line of defence for safeguarding the public interest. Indeed, as shown in numerous public cases, whistle-blowers play an important...Read more
Enik Pogace
Head of Employee Relations Division, Bank of Albania, Albania
