The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has on 23 July 2021 submitted its Report reviewing the intellectual property rights regime in India.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (‘CBIC’) has abolished the renewals of licence/registration under the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2021 and the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has held that an article in a printed newspaper that provides inaccurate health advice relating to the use of a plant which, when followed, proved injurious to the health of a reader, does not constitute a ‘defective product’ within the meaning of the EU’s Directive on liability for defective products.