Asia: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

Whether Google’s practice of allowing competitors to purchase and use the registered trademark “HINDWARE” as a keyword under its AdWords programme amounted to trademark infringement and unfair commercial exploitation of the plaintiff’s trademark

In a significant ruling on the intersection of trademark law and digital advertising, the Delhi High Court in batch matters Hindware Ltd. v. Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. [CS(COMM) 591/2017] and Hindware Ltd. v. Omkara Infoweb Pvt. Ltd. [CS(COMM) 592/2017] held that Google’s practice of permitting advertisers to bid on a competitor’s registered trademark as a keyword under its AdWords programme can amount to trademark infringement.

Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo has stepped up efforts to regulate artificial intelligence-related content and services on its platform, as authorities move to strengthen oversight of the rapidly developing AI sector.

For many years, Vietnam’s horse race betting industry resembled a race without a rulebook.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026, notified in April 2026, establish India's first comprehensive framework for online gaming regulation. This article analyses the key implementation priorities for central and state administrators, including institutional setup, grievance mechanisms, enforcement coordination, and capacity building requirements for effective operationalisation.

The Indian online gaming industry has grown at a pace that has always surpassed the legal framework meant to regulate it. For years, the void was filled with a complex web of state level regulations, court decisions...

Under Hong Kong company law, a buy-out order is the “exit strategy” for shareholders trapped in a toxic corporate relationship. Governed by Section 724 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), this remedy acts as a court-mandated corporate divorce.

Hong Kong is setting up a new Hong Kong International Commercial Court (“HKICC”) as a specialist division of its High Court, with a mandate to hear complex, high value international and cross border commercial disputes.

In our final episode of the conversation, Jonathan Midgley and José-Antonio Maurellet SC look toward the horizon. From the influx of international talent to the rise of Artificial Intelligence, they discuss what the future holds for the next generation of practitioners.

By contrast, post 2010, India witnessed explosive digital growth. By the 2014 general elections, political parties were estimated to have spent between Rs. 400 crores and Rs. 500 crores on digital platforms alone, constituting nearly 15% of the total political advertising expenditure.

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China's first departmental regulation on multi-channel content distribution services establishes a comprehensive compliance framework for MCN agencies, live-streaming e-commerce platforms...