Media Coverage

The section ‘Media Coverage’ of “The Local Loop – a technology, media and telecom law resource” contains instances, where the transactions and activities undertaken by the authors have been covered by the media.

The authors of this blog and the transactions, proceedings and assignments handled by them have been quoted by various media, highlighting the legal issues in the matter and the role of the authors.

The coverage by the media is about the transactions, proceedings and assignments is as it was at the time of going to press, however, needless to say, the matter might have progressed further, after the reporting by the media.

The authors and their work has been covered by various media as follows:-

1. Report titled “Seth Dua and Snapdeal GC Ashish Chandra act on Snapdeal’s acquisitions of LetsGoMo” published by Bar and Bench on June 19, 2015 mentioned Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal.
2. Report titled “Snapdeal GC handles buy of mobile developer, advised by Seth Dua” published by Legally India on June 19, 2015 mentioned Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal.
3. Report titled “Seth Dua and Pratibha Singh represent santabanta.com against Viacom’s movie ‘Santa Banta’” published by Bar and Bench on February 11, 2015 mentioned Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal.
4. Report titled “Seth Dua, Pratibha Singh in court-ordered mediation for Santa Banta jokes vs Santa Banta movie with Karanjawala, TMT, Mine & Young” published by Legally India on February 10, 2015 mentioned Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal.
5. Report titled “SantaBanta.com Charges Boman Irani Movie with Trademark Infringement” published by the Economic Times (Print Edition – E-Paper) on February 6, 2015.
6. Report titled “SantaBanta.com files case against Boman Irani starrer for trademark infringement” published by the Economic Times (Online Edition) on February 5, 2015.
7. The “Deals in Brief” section of Legally India for September, 2014 covered “ZTE invokes $921,000 guarantee”, mentioning Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal.
8. Report titled “India has potential but lacks in investments in IPR: CII Conference” published by India News Calling on July 19, 2013 mentioned Salman Waris.
9. Report titled “Seth Dua petitions to wind up Loop Mobile for Chinese telco” published by Legally India on June 13, 2013 mentioned Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal.
10. Salman Waris expressed his views on ‘Current Legal Issues in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Sectors in India’ at the Conference Arbitration India Technology organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry on April 26, 2013.
11. Salman Waris expressed his views on ‘Cyberspace usages & protection of intellectual property rights’ at the Seminar “Cyberspace Usages – Challenges and Dispute Resolution” jointly organised by the UIA, UIA India Chapter and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) on February 19 and 20, 2011.
12. Report titled “Over 60 entrepreneurs attend TiE seminar on legal and intellectual property issues” published by Indian PR Wire on November 28, 2009 mentioned Salman Waris.