In this issue
Patent pace
The Indian Patent Office has taken a number of steps to speed up the patent approval process
Taxing times
The GST rollout was expected to be bumpy and that expectation was accurate
Dividing goods, services necessary under GST?
L Badri Narayanan discusses the need for more clarity and less superfluous tinkering with new system
Shaping a concrete destiny
What to expect from China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, and what it means for India
Payback time?
A look at the insolvency code, one of the key instruments to tackle India's stressed assets
Lessons for SEP holders
Pravin Anand and Abhilasha Nautiyal on trends, and do’s and don’ts, for standard essential patents litigation
Parliament: The monsoon session
The first in our regular series on parliamentary sessions looks at key bills that were debated and passed